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... The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts - Page 91by John Blair Linn - 1804 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hugh Blair - 1822 - 164 pages
...tremHmg, which " made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed " t'efore my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it " stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: <$, What conveys an idea of sublimity in buildings ? A. Greatness of dimensions, united with greatness... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1822 - 156 pages
...trembling, which ' made all my hones to shake. Then a spirit passed ' before my fare ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it ' stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : Q. What conveys an idea of sublimity in buildings ? A. Greatness of dimensions, united with greatness... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 pages
...which made 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...mine eyes : there was silence, and I heard a voice. SHALL MORTAL MAN BE JUST RATHER THAN GOD ? SHALL MAN BE PURE RATHER THAN HIS MAKER? BEHOLD, HE PUTTETH... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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...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... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...and trembling, which made my bones shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still; but I could not discern...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... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1823 - 458 pages
...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 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... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1823 - 258 pages
...not discern the form thereof: an image was before his eyes; there was silence, and a voice wns heard, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: how much... | |
| 1823 - 154 pages
...contrite ones. (57 Is. 15.) 22. What passages of Scripture describe the holiness and justice of God ' Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly. (4 Job 17,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 pages
...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...a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than * Ye subterranean gods, whose awful sway The gliding ghosts and silent shades obey : O Chaos, hear... | |
| Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 pages
...high in their own conceits, give no evidence of having attained true saving knowledge. " Verse 16. ' It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof;...; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying. " He could not form an exact idea of it in his own mind, so he could not describe it. His conscience... | |
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