The Song of Songs, which is by Solomon: A New Translation: with a Commentary and NotesC. Whittingham, 1801 - 346 pages |
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... writers , availing myself of the learned researches of Sir W. JONES , and others . In the latter part of the work I have also adopted some ideas , and controverted others , of the EDITOR of CAL- MET , whose translation appeared before ...
... writers , availing myself of the learned researches of Sir W. JONES , and others . In the latter part of the work I have also adopted some ideas , and controverted others , of the EDITOR of CAL- MET , whose translation appeared before ...
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... writer ( Mons . Bergier ) some years since planned a Dictionary of the Elements of Language , by which he means those simple monosyllables of which the primitive language consisted , and from which all languages are formed . He supposes ...
... writer ( Mons . Bergier ) some years since planned a Dictionary of the Elements of Language , by which he means those simple monosyllables of which the primitive language consisted , and from which all languages are formed . He supposes ...
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... writer ) to the ' old forms of introduction in Homer , Hesiod ; and Orpheus , in which they are sometimes ' followed by Virgil ' . ' I may subjoin , that they are the very expressions adopted by the sacred writers . Another source of ...
... writer ) to the ' old forms of introduction in Homer , Hesiod ; and Orpheus , in which they are sometimes ' followed by Virgil ' . ' I may subjoin , that they are the very expressions adopted by the sacred writers . Another source of ...
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... writers , represent these things in a different point of view . Christ and christianity are all in all with them . In one remarkable circumstance only , St. Paul and the Jewish historian seem perfectly to agree - they make the holy of ...
... writers , represent these things in a different point of view . Christ and christianity are all in all with them . In one remarkable circumstance only , St. Paul and the Jewish historian seem perfectly to agree - they make the holy of ...
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... writers , who , if they possess any degree of genius , are generally flowery and poetic : and find much time and practice needful to attain the neatness and purity of correct prose . The human mind , like a good vine , sends forth ...
... writers , who , if they possess any degree of genius , are generally flowery and poetic : and find much time and practice needful to attain the neatness and purity of correct prose . The human mind , like a good vine , sends forth ...
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Page 273 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 143 - Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Page 178 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 302 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 14 - God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness : because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse.
Page 208 - O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, 2 to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Page 135 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Page 153 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 5 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 207 - How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.