 | 1848 - 704 pages
...speaks thus to Job : " Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, and I heard a still voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...parallel among the Greek or Roman poets. They bring to mind that noble description in the book of Job: "In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...eyes : — There was silence, and I heard a voice — Shall mortal man be more just than God ?"* LESSON XC. The Dungeon. — LYRICAL BALLADS. Ann this... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 458 pages
...of the book of Job : " In thoughts " from the visions of the night, when deep sleep " falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and " trembling, which made...could " not discern the form thereof; an image was be" fore mine eyes : there was silence ; and I heard " a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...of the night, when deep sleep fallcth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made my bones shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair...before mine eyes. There was silence; and I heard a voice—Shall mortal man be more just than God?" The description of Fingal's airy hall, in the Poem... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Covenant theology - 1823 - 468 pages
...professed authority of inspiration, the doctrine which is afterwards discussed throughout the entire poem. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before 1 Job iii. my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824 - 510 pages
...passage of the book of Job : " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...there was silence; and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than * Ye subterranean gods, whose awful sway The gliding ghosts and silent... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...Eliphaz, the Temanite, gave the following relation of a spectre, which he himself both saw and heard (a). In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not (distinctly and perfectly) discern the form thereof: (I can only say in general terms, that) an image... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...and mine ear received a little thereof. In thoughts," or rather amidst tumultuous thoughts, " from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men...stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern are these, " shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker. Behold... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...teas Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself, 1 Sam. xxviii. 12 — 14. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image wu before mine eyes, there vas silence, and I heard a voice, laying, Job iv. 14 — 16. His body also... | |
 | George Borrow - 1825 - 374 pages
...followed her, and the miserable William closed his life in the mad-house. THE FORTUNES OF DE LA POLE. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my head stood up. Job, chap. iv. EARLY in the seventeenth century, on a very cold November morning, a... | |
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In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern... 
