 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.  The Living Age - Pagina 6441916Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 pagine
...mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not : 19 The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent upon a rock, The way of a ship in the midst... | |
 | John Locke - 1820 - 142 pagine
...without the spirit of prophecy. Three things, says he, for example, are loo marvellous for me, and even four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. One must have... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pagine
...to convince offenders by fatal experience, that his laws and threatenings are not vain *. Ver. 18. There be three things, which are too wonderful for me, yea four which I know not: Ver. 19. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 524 pagine
...that is not filled with water, are the three ; and the fourth is fire, which never sayeth ' enough.' " There be three things which are too wonderful for...the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. " There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise. The ants... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 758 pagine
...thirteen years old, living in her father's house.3 The word occurs also in Proverbs. " There are " three things which are too wonderful for me ; " yea,...the midst of the sea ; and " the way of a man with a maid." 4 ' Promptissi' mum est intelligere vincula, quibus virgo incipit ' astringi futuro sponso suo... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 422 pagine
...the celebrated bishop of Puy en Velai, on the following passage in the book of Proverbs,* " There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea,...ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in his youth." In order to give a literal translation of the passage, it would have been necessary,... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 436 pagine
...the celebrated bishop of Puy en Velai, on the following passage in the book of Proverbs,* " There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea,...ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in his youth." In order to give a literal translation of the passage, it would have been necessary,... | |
 | S H. Jackson - 1824 - 488 pagine
...an adulteress ; she may commit fornication, but not adultery. The text is this: Proverbs xxx. 18. " There be three things which are too wonderful for...yea, four, which I know not : the way of an eagle through the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the... | |
 | 1824 - 1004 pagine
...the young eagles eat it. 18 Three things are hard to me ; and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. 19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of * ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. 20 Sucli is also the way of an adulterous... | |
 | 1825 - 542 pagine
...mystery.'— p. 141. Solomon himself wondered at, and understood not, four very simple things — ." the way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent...the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid ;" and Mr. Moore, like the wisest of men, seems to marvel immoderately at four things by no means... | |
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