 | Henry Clay Fish - Sermons - 1857 - 866 pages
...and permitted " the king of terrors" to bind him in his iron chains ; as God, he broke them asunder " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire," and rose triumphantly, having deprived the governor of the prison of his keys. " I have the keys (says... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - Bible - 1858 - 360 pages
...laws will be but as green withes with which the giant of depravity is bound, that he may break them, " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire." Where, then, are we to look for a ground of hope, that our beloved country shall not, in the lapse... | |
 | 1858 - 798 pages
...they have come already, when for a moment I shall have strength like him of old, to break the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire ; but for all that the struggle only will be mine, and not the victory. My little cousin, do not look... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - God - 1858 - 482 pages
...rising in * See 2 Kings i. 9—12. his strength, burst the cords with which his enemies had bound him, " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire;" and, like him, they would seize the " jaw-bone of an ass," the first weapon that came to hand, and... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Hogg - 1858 - 574 pages
...impulse which shot through the circle, like the electric fluid, cause them " to break their cords, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire ? " The people of Ireland have been for a series of years in a state of diseased activity ; and, misjudging... | |
 | Edward Monro - 1858 - 510 pages
...in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known." Then she pleads her case : she complains of his mockery of her with... | |
 | William Taylor - Children - 1857 - 96 pages
...Hence, at a certain age, the cords that bind them are snapped, like "the new withs" of Sampson — " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire." The rein is then thrown on the neck of the animal; and where they will stop, who can tell ? Again,... | |
 | 1859 - 456 pages
...chamber.) And she said to him, " The Philistines are upon thee, Samson." And he brake the willow-twigs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire : so his strength was not known. Then Delilah said to Samson, " Lo, thou 10 hast mocked me, and told... | |
 | Jane Anne Winscom - Sabbath - 1859 - 104 pages
...fulfilled. Death had sought to bind the strong man with its seven withes, but he has broken them " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire." f There had been an apparent victory over the Prince of Life, and the grave seemed to hold the Son... | |
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Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. 
