| Daniel Defoe - 1790 - 294 pages
...thought they had carried their rage too far, and thought of Jacob's words to his fons Simeon and Levi, ' Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel.' But I had now a new taflc upon my hands f for when the men I carried with me faw the fight, as I had... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1793 - 280 pages
...bleeding corpfe difcovers a fpirit of vengeance worthy of him who is a murderer from the beginning. ** Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce, and " their wrath, for it was cruel! O my foul, ** come not thou into their fecret, unto their * 6 arTembly mine honour be not thou united,... | |
| Nathaniel May - 1793 - 320 pages
...not thou united; for in their anger they flew a man, and in their felf-will they digged down a wall. Curfed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath for it was cruel. Having thus dated his deteftation of their crime, he proceeds, in the fpiric ofprophecy, to denounce... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 526 pages
...foul, come n^t thou into their fecrets; unto ilieir alfemDlies, mine honour, be not thou united. Curled be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,...divide them in Jacob, and fcatter them in Ifrael," 6. He raifes up his temple, when he builds and beautifies Zion; that is, when the gofpel of peace is... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1796 - 404 pages
...under a kind of curfe. For he fays of them, Gen. xlix. 7, Curfed be their anger, for it was farce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and feparate them in Ifrael. rfi This was a punimment for their treachery, and cruelty with refpect to... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 508 pages
...united. For, " in their anger they slew a man, and in their self" will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their " anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath,...for it was ' cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter " them in Israel." • ' Arrival hither,' is not English ; it should be ' arrival iert' THE... | |
| John Hey - 1801 - 278 pages
...effects of punishment, may be found. In the dying benediction of Jacob we have these words ; " Cursed " be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for " it was cruel." Gen. xlix.7. Here is nothing like punishing with a view to good ; (Part v. 21.) the effect of anger,... | |
| Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...them on to- commit murder, and their self-will caused them to break through, every obstacle. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;, and their wrath,, for it was cruel!. " Judah, thy name signifies praise,, and thou shall receive the praises of thy brethren ; for they... | |
| John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pages
...tinctured with malignity, or ill will towards the offender. Of Simeon and Levi, Jacob said, " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." And this is often the case with men, when they recompense evil for evil. But though we read of the... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1805 - 300 pages
...had carried their rage too far, and thought of Jacob's words to his tons Simeon and Levi, ' Curled be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel." But 1 had now a new jafk upon my hands ; for •when the men 1 carried with me (aw the light, as 1... | |
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