| Daniel Jaudon - Art and science - 1820 - 236 pages
...Psalm. Q. What is Irony? A. Irony, dissembling with an air, Means otherwise than words declare. Example: "Cry aloud; for he is a God: either he is talking or he, is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or jip.radr en tare he sleepeth, and must be awakened." I Kings sviii. 27. Q. What is a Climax? A. A Climax,... | |
| Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 466 pages
...made. These antic gesticulations are of as little avail. Upon this, Elijah tauntingly exclaims ; " Cry aloud, for he is a God : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked !" Roused by the reproachful sneer, they repeat their vociferations;... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 356 pages
...the sacred writings, we have a remarkable instance of it. The prophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity,...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventare he slcepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in Cicero's... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 324 pages
...the sacred writings, we have a remarkable instance of it. The ""ophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity,.... aloud for he is a god ; either he is talking, or be is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations... | |
| Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...noon, saying, O Baal hear us, — but there was no voice nor any that answered. And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a God, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, — or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened. But there was neither voice, or... | |
| Congregational churches - 1832 - 480 pages
...with the exulting heathen, from the scripture. Nor did they in vain adopt Elijah's argument, when "he mocked them and said, cry aloud, for he is a god; either he was talking, or he was pursuing, or he wan on a journey, or peradventure, he was asleep" when his temple... | |
| Samuel Pelton - Methodism - 1822 - 294 pages
...in doing it with a great noise, because it may be with him as Elijah told the prophets of Baal : " For he is a God ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a joufney, or peradventure h« sleepeth, and must be awaked."* 3d. The freewillers contend, that the... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...the sacred writings, we have a remarkable instance of it. The prophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity,...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be waked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes... | |
| 1823 - 610 pages
...derision with which Elijah addressed the priests of Baal : " And it came to pass, tli.it at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or pcradventurc he sleepelh and must be atfiakensd." Accordingly we read that those prophets... | |
| John James Blunt - History - 1823 - 322 pages
...derision with which Elijah addressed the priests of Baal : " And it came to pass, that at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awakened." Accordingly we read that those prophets... | |
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