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... Kings vi . 16 ; viii . 6 ; 2 Chron . iv . 20 ; Ps . xxviii . 2. ( Lat . oraculum , oracle , fr . os , oris , mouth . ) - 14-16 . That with , etc. These three lines are condemned by Landor as useless and inharmonious . Is the criticism ...
... Kings vi . 16 ; viii . 6 ; 2 Chron . iv . 20 ; Ps . xxviii . 2. ( Lat . oraculum , oracle , fr . os , oris , mouth . ) - 14-16 . That with , etc. These three lines are condemned by Landor as useless and inharmonious . Is the criticism ...
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... King of Babylon , styled Lucifer , says , " I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High . " See its context . To have equalled . Abbott , Shakespearian Gram . , sec . 360 , citing this line , explains ...
... King of Babylon , styled Lucifer , says , " I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High . " See its context . To have equalled . Abbott , Shakespearian Gram . , sec . 360 , citing this line , explains ...
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... Kings i . 2 , where he is called ' the god of Ekron . ' See Isaiah vii . 18 , for a possible allusion to this worship . Flies in some of the eastern countries are an inexpressible torment , and ' god of flies ' seems to a European there ...
... Kings i . 2 , where he is called ' the god of Ekron . ' See Isaiah vii . 18 , for a possible allusion to this worship . Flies in some of the eastern countries are an inexpressible torment , and ' god of flies ' seems to a European there ...
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... King , And put to proof his high supremacy , 130 Whether upheld by strength , or chance , or fate ! Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat 135 Hath lost us heaven , and all this mighty host In ...
... King , And put to proof his high supremacy , 130 Whether upheld by strength , or chance , or fate ! Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat 135 Hath lost us heaven , and all this mighty host In ...
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... Kings vi . 23-35 ; 2 Sam . xxii . 11 ; Ps . xviii . 10 ; Ezekiel i . and x . The seraphs , according to the schoolmen , were pre - eminent in the ardor of their love ; the cherubs , in knowledge . 157. To be weak is miserable , doing or ...
... Kings vi . 23-35 ; 2 Sam . xxii . 11 ; Ps . xviii . 10 ; Ezekiel i . and x . The seraphs , according to the schoolmen , were pre - eminent in the ardor of their love ; the cherubs , in knowledge . 157. To be weak is miserable , doing or ...
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Page xxix - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet— Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold.
Page 42 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 27 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights; if it were land that ever...