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" And it came to pass at noon, that 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 awaked. "
Murray's English Exercises ...: Revised, Prepared, and Particularly Adapted ... - Page 251
by Lindley Murray - 1850
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Short System of Polite Learning: Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences ...

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,...
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The Works of the Rev. Thomas Zouch ... With a Memoir of His Life ..., Volume 2

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;...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

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...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

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...
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The sacred history of the Old Testament, abridged, in the language of the ...

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...
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The Missionary Herald, Volume 28

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...
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The Absurdities of Methodism

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...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 20

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...
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Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs: Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily

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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