The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionTiebout & O'Brien, 1795 - 247 páginas |
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... c . but ftill , the fecond verfe * is a verse of mere epithets ; it delays the grand truth , * Etherial , first of things , quinteffence pure . A 5 which which by fuch protraction comes , at the end of of Scripture . 9 :
... c . but ftill , the fecond verfe * is a verse of mere epithets ; it delays the grand truth , * Etherial , first of things , quinteffence pure . A 5 which which by fuch protraction comes , at the end of of Scripture . 9 :
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... first , and then Milton's paraphrafe of it : for the fimplicity and unaffected dignity , which characterises the one , greatly furpaffes , in general , the laborious pomp , and amplified majefty of the other . Let it be , at the fame ...
... first , and then Milton's paraphrafe of it : for the fimplicity and unaffected dignity , which characterises the one , greatly furpaffes , in general , the laborious pomp , and amplified majefty of the other . Let it be , at the fame ...
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... first chapter of Genefis may be confidered as the exordium of the Bi- ble . The facred penman , in a fingle page , hath related a variety of events , circumstances , and actions , which de- mand the most confummate attention . To one ...
... first chapter of Genefis may be confidered as the exordium of the Bi- ble . The facred penman , in a fingle page , hath related a variety of events , circumstances , and actions , which de- mand the most confummate attention . To one ...
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... first day . I take it for granted , every man hath both an ear , and a foul for fuch paffages . Modern writers , fenfible of the beau- ty of this admirable opening of the fa- cred books , have viewed it as worthy their imitation , and ...
... first day . I take it for granted , every man hath both an ear , and a foul for fuch paffages . Modern writers , fenfible of the beau- ty of this admirable opening of the fa- cred books , have viewed it as worthy their imitation , and ...
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... first chapter of Genefis . I fub- mit the comparison to the critics , with all poffible confidence of fuperiority on the fide of fcripture . The paffages , however , are too well remembered to make a transcript neceffary . I therefore ...
... first chapter of Genefis . I fub- mit the comparison to the critics , with all poffible confidence of fuperiority on the fide of fcripture . The paffages , however , are too well remembered to make a transcript neceffary . I therefore ...
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Abraham againſt alfo allufion almoft amidſt amongſt anfwer Balaam beauty becauſe Behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men Cicero cife circumftance compariſon confequence darkneſs daughter defcription defign defire Deity difplayed divine Efau ESSAY ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcene fcripture fecond feem fenfe fent fentence fentiment fervant ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak fpirit freſh ftand ftill ftory ftrength ftroke fubject fublime fuch fuperior furely fword Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftration infpire inftance itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord Midian Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obfervations occafion Orpah paffages paffions PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent racter reafon Ruth ſhe tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion univerfal verfe verſe whofe ZAREPHATH