 | John Evans - 1825 - 568 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " 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." Here was no violation of truth, in saying in the matter,... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 562 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " 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." . Here was no violation of truth, in saying in the matter,... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 528 pages
...worshippers of Baal, — irony founded on the notions which the worshippers entertained of their deity. " Cry aloud: for he is a God ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 558 pages
...worshippers of Baal, — irony founded on the notions which the worshippers entertained of their deity. " Cry aloud : for he is a God ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or per ad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - 1826 - 394 pages
...that answered. And they leaped upon the altar." Elijah therefore mocked them and said, " Cry alond, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried alond, and cat themselves... | |
 | 1826 - 190 pages
...importunate addresses of his besotted priests, when Elijah mocked them and said, "cryaloud, " for Baal is a God ; either he is talking, or he "is pursuing, or he is in a journey, orperadven" ture he sleepeth, and must be awaked."—Nothing is more galling to people,... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...chief sultana, or queen downger. 1 Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Homer's deities are represented travelling, disputing,... | |
 | 1836 - 698 pages
...in the bible. Elijah was bitterly sarcastic when he said to the prophets of Baal, " Cry aloud ; lor 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." The inspired preacher employs irony on a most solemn... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - 1828 - 84 pages
...When the prophet Elijah challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, he mocked them, and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Hyperbole, gives us the highest idea of an object, and... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pages
...answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 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 in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth,and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
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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 in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
