 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...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 26by Hugh Blair - 1815 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John FISHER (A.M., Vicar of St. Lawrence, Exeter.) - 1741 - 354 pages
...Spirit pa/ed before my Face, the Hair of my Flejb flood up, it ftood ftiil, but I could not dif<tm the Form thereof; an Image was before mine Eyes, there was Silence, and I heard a Voice, faying, Shall mortal Man k more juft than God ? Shall a Man be more pure than his Maker} ie 'Tis in... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all ray bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face...voice, — Shall mortal man be more just than God ? \Ve are first prepared with the utmost solemnity for the vision ; we are first terrified, before... | |
 | 1867 - 964 pages
...could not be constantly gratified with vernal bloom aud fragrance, or summer beauty and profusion. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of...was silence, and I heard a voice— Shall mortal man bo more just than God ? 58. Tho dash is sometimes to be read аз а noto of interrogation. Examples.... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 pages
...NIGHT, XVHEN DEEP SLEEP FALLETH ON MEN, .FEAR CAME UPON ME, AND TREMBLING, WHICH MADE ALL MY BONKS TO SHAKE. THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE, THE HAIR OF MY FLESH STOOD UP. IT STOOD STILL, x BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF : AN IMAGE • -WAS BEFORE MINE EYES ; THERE WAS SILENCE,... | |
 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 pages
...— " 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...mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?" This is... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 pages
...from the visions of the night, when deep " sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trem" bling, which made all my bones to shake : Then a " spirit...but I could not discern the form " thereof: an image — before mine eyes — silence — and " 1 heard a voice,— Shall mortal man be more just than "God?"&c.... | |
 | John Tregortha - 1800 - 462 pages
...thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the ni ht when deep sfeep, falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling which made a.ll my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair ofn,v flesh stood up : It stood till, but 1 could not discern the form thereof : an image was before... | |
 | mrs. Yorke - 1801 - 280 pages
...the visions of the *' night, wiien deep sleep falleth upon " men, fear came upon me and trem" bling, which made all my bones to " shake. Then a spirit passed before my " face. The hair of my head stood up. " It stood still; but I could not dis" cern the form thereof. An image was " before... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pages
...circumstances : " In thoughts from the vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake :...passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up." I am well aware, indeed, that the awe which thus seizes upon the mind is not the same in all cases;... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 pages
...thereof, in thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon 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 head stood up :• It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine... | |
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