 | James Hervey - 1755 - 486 pagine
...the Rains * * yob rr.ofl beautifully alludes to thefe two Sources of vegetable Fertility ; My Raot was fpread out by the Waters^ and the Dew lay all Night upon my Branch, Job xxix. 19. Rains as they fall ; imbibe the Dews as they diftil j and tranfmit them, through their... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 516 pagine
...winter /" In the days of his moift time, that is, when, as he exprefles it in the 1 9 and 20 verfes, " My root was fpread out by the " waters, and the dew lay all night upon " my branch, my glory was frefh in me." Not in the days of his difgrace then, the days in which he was ftripped... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 614 pagine
...muit needs make an addition to it by foifting in a quotation from a play. The patriarch describing his former profperity makes ufe of the following beautiful...filled the land : yet in one night " a ftorm, a robbery fhook down his mellow hangings, ftript him of his leaves, and left him bare to weather." We are the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 614 pagine
...muft needs make an addition to it by folfting in a quotation from a play. The patriarch defcribing his former profperity makes ufe of the following beautiful...branch only for the purpofe of blafting it in the end. l In fine, fays he, Job diffufcd his branches like Lebanon; and the fhade of him filled the land: yet... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1780 - 612 pagine
...addition to it by foifting in a quotation from a play. The patriarch describing his former prosperity makes ufe of the following beautiful and fimple allufion...the purpofe of blafting it in the end. * In fine, foys he, Job diffufed bis 'branches like Lebanon ; and the ftiade of him filled the land : yet in one... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1790 - 458 pagine
...kept filence, and waited for my counfel. The princes refrained talking. The aged arofe, andjlood up. My root was fpread out by the waters; and the dew lay upon my branch. Not only unknown to you are fuch pleafures of virtuous profperity; but, even previous... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1792 - 518 pagine
...And I brake the jaws of the " wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his " teeth. My root was fpread by the waters, " and the dew lay all night upon my " branch. My glory was frefh in me, and " my bow was renewed in my hand. Unto " me men gave ear, and waited,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagine
...teeth. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 540 pagine
...Then I said, I shall " die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as " the sand. My root was spread out by the " waters, and the dew lay all night upon my " branch. My glory was fresh in me, and my " bow was renewed in my hand. Unto me " men gave ear, and waited,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pagine
...and die honourably in my house, and not hi- driven like a 19 bird from hit nest. My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch ; like a tree by the 20 rivers, I thought I should never wither. My glory [was] fresh in me, and my... | |
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out by the waters, And the dew lay all night upon my branch. 
