 | 1851 - 668 pages
...and fierce a creature. But was it not far more VOL. HT. 14 earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is 'hardened against her young ones, • as though they were not hers: ' her labor is in vain... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 322 pages
...peacocks ? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, , And warmetli them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may...crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she liTteth up herself on high. She scorneth... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1852 - 742 pages
...unto the peacocks, or winps and feathers unto the ostrich ? " Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, aud warmeth them in the dust ? " And forgetteth, that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast may break them. " She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers ;... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 pages
...thou, Why "leaveththe ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour in... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 676 pages
...thou, Why "leaveththe ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 666 pages
...thou, Why " leaveth the ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour in... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 656 pages
...thou, Why " leaveth the ostrich her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust? Why forgetteth she that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ?" " Why is she hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers ?" " Why is her labour... | |
 | 1852 - 388 pages
...is more foolish than the ostrich, for while it forsakes its own eggs, it sits on the eggs of others; foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. whence the proverb, Every animal loves its own young except the ostrich." Ottomanus says, "Every animal... | |
 | 1853 - 444 pages
...• " and with no less truthfulness are the ostriches and pelicans of the wilderness described — " The ostrich which leaveth her eggs in the earth and...crush them, or that the wild beast may break them ;" and the pelican, which was among the animals forbidden to be eaten by the Israelites. Reference... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...unto the ostrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgettetb that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's : her labour is in vain without... | |
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Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. 
