 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 Works of Laurence Sterne ... - Page 46by Laurence Sterne - 1780Full view - About this book
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...she would not stick at the bread, if necessity had not pressed her; ' As the Lord thy God liveth, 1 have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse ; and behold, 1 am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1828 - 594 pages
...land. Elias was sent by Jehovah to a widow of Sidon, whose whole stock of provision was reduced to a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise? He was divinely commissioned to assure her that the meal should not •waste, nor the oil fail... | |
 | Lady - Bible - 1824 - 452 pages
...to her for a little water and a morsel of bread : " As the Lord liveth," said she, " 1 have 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... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1829 - 304 pages
...to go and fetch him "a little water and a morsel of bread." She told him her poverty: "I have but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise : and behold I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...morsel of bread in thy hand. And she told him her circumstances, and said, As the Lord thy God livcth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise : and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...signify a few, or very few. Thus, the widow woman said to the prophet ; " 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 cruise : And behold I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the I. n mi 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, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1825 - 714 pages
...the bread, if necessity had not pressed her. " 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 cruise; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...liring me, I pray Ihee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. * 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, W[0 cruse : and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my »on, that... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 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, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
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