 As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.  The Sermons of Mr. Yorick - Page 96by Laurence Sterne - 1766Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, $R(@;k an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 pages
...he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a ' morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, as the LORD thy GOD liVeth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse : and behold, I am gathering two sticks,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...him a little water, and withal a morsel of bread, she solemnly protested to him that she had but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise, and was come out to pick up some sticks wherewith to bake a cake * for her and her son, which... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have nota of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat t acru.se: and'behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...called 10 her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. 12 And she said, Jls the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse : and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1819 - 316 pages
...dried up ? A. God sent him to a woman of Sarepta near Sidon, to be maintained by her, when she had only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise. 1 Kings xvii. 9, &c. 16 Q. How could this maintain the woman, her son, and the prophet ? Jl.... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 466 pages
...it, he called her and said, « Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand" And she said, " As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse ; and behold 1 am gathering two sticks,... | |
 | Richard Carlile - Free thought - 1820 - 660 pages
...morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, as the Lord thy God livelh, I have not a eake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, 1 am gathering two sticks, that 1 may go in and dress it for me mid my son, that... | |
 | Charles Stokes Dudley - Bible - 1821 - 620 pages
...When there was a sore famine in Israel, GOD sent his prophet to ask bread of a poor widow, who had but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse, and who was gathering two sticks, as she said, to dress it for herself and her son before they... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...her and said, Fetch me a little wrter and a morsel of bread. And she said, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse, — and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
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