The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and CommentsAlbert Stanburrough Cook 1903 |
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... hear what Ville- main has to say upon this topic . The time he is speaking of is the Restoration , and of it he affirms : " English idiom then attained its happiest epoch ; it was taking on refinement without becoming impoverished ; it ...
... hear what Ville- main has to say upon this topic . The time he is speaking of is the Restoration , and of it he affirms : " English idiom then attained its happiest epoch ; it was taking on refinement without becoming impoverished ; it ...
Página xxiv
... hear itself commanded to let go the good it privately wisheth , and to relieve the present distress of nature in common . Then , amidst the hymns and hallelujahs of saints , some one may perhaps be heard offering at high strains in new ...
... hear itself commanded to let go the good it privately wisheth , and to relieve the present distress of nature in common . Then , amidst the hymns and hallelujahs of saints , some one may perhaps be heard offering at high strains in new ...
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... hear and understand . The oracles of Christ were not like those of Apollo , doubtful and ambiguous , always made to deceive , and commonly to destroy ; but , on the contrary , as the grand business of our Saviour and his apostles after ...
... hear and understand . The oracles of Christ were not like those of Apollo , doubtful and ambiguous , always made to deceive , and commonly to destroy ; but , on the contrary , as the grand business of our Saviour and his apostles after ...
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... hear my prayer . 3. Tetrastichs . Here generally a is parallel to b , and c is parallel to d ; but the thought is only complete when the two couplets are combined ; thus — Gen. 49 , 7 Cursed be their anger , for it was fierce ; And ...
... hear my prayer . 3. Tetrastichs . Here generally a is parallel to b , and c is parallel to d ; but the thought is only complete when the two couplets are combined ; thus — Gen. 49 , 7 Cursed be their anger , for it was fierce ; And ...
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... hear the echo of the primi- tive sensations which determined the choice of those who first bestowed the names . [ ARISTOTLE , Rhetoric , Bk . 3 , Chap . 9 , Welldon's translation . ] By a jointed style I mean one which has no end in ...
... hear the echo of the primi- tive sensations which determined the choice of those who first bestowed the names . [ ARISTOTLE , Rhetoric , Bk . 3 , Chap . 9 , Welldon's translation . ] By a jointed style I mean one which has no end in ...
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according to thy apostles Aryan beasts behold Biblical Blessed children of Israel children of men Christ Cloth dead rise delight diction earth Edited enemies English Bible English language evil expression fear giveth glory gnomic poetry hand hath Hebrew poetry HIRAM CORSON holy Homer iniquity Introduction price Jerusalem keep thy king kingdom of heaven Latin literary literature Matthew Arnold mercy Moab Moses mouth nature parallel passage poem pray Prometheus Unbound prophets Psalm quicken rejoice Rhetoric rhythm righteous say unto Scripture Semitic languages sentence shalt thou simplicity soul speak speech style supplication things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy commandments thy judgments thy law thy name thy people Israel thy precepts thy right thy servant thy statutes thy testimonies thy word tongue translation truth understanding unto the LORD unto thee unto thy verse voice whosoever wicked wisdom
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Página 52 - king, knoweth of these things, before whom, also, I speak " freely : for, I am persuaded, that none of these things, are " hidden from him ; for, this thing, was not done in a corner.
Página 51 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Página 48 - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?
Página xxvi - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes "Woe unto the world because of offenses: for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom...
Página 1 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Página 19 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Página 43 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven ; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Página 54 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Página 50 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Página 47 - Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?