The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and CommentsAlbert Stanburrough Cook 1903 |
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Side ix
... poetry ; they constitute a hymn of praise 1 1 I subjoin this most ancient specimen of English : Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard , metudæs maecti end his modgidanc , uerc uuldurfadur ; sue he uundra gihuaes , eci dryctin , or astelidæ ...
... poetry ; they constitute a hymn of praise 1 1 I subjoin this most ancient specimen of English : Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard , metudæs maecti end his modgidanc , uerc uuldurfadur ; sue he uundra gihuaes , eci dryctin , or astelidæ ...
Side x
... poetry antecedent to the Conquest exhibits a curious blending of ancient Germanic with Hebraic idiom , to which must be added a few Latin elements . The prose of Ælfred and Ælfric could not be otherwise than powerfully affected by the ...
... poetry antecedent to the Conquest exhibits a curious blending of ancient Germanic with Hebraic idiom , to which must be added a few Latin elements . The prose of Ælfred and Ælfric could not be otherwise than powerfully affected by the ...
Side xiii
... poetry and poets ; consider how little is as it appears- or appears as it is ; look to your own motives , and judge not , lest ye be judged . Here there are no fewer than seven Biblical sentences woven into a tissue all palpitating with ...
... poetry and poets ; consider how little is as it appears- or appears as it is ; look to your own motives , and judge not , lest ye be judged . Here there are no fewer than seven Biblical sentences woven into a tissue all palpitating with ...
Side xiv
... Poetry ; and by nothing is England so glorious as by her poetry . Let us lay aside every weight which hinders our getting him recognized as this . What we have of Shelley in poetry and prose suited with this charming picture of him ...
... Poetry ; and by nothing is England so glorious as by her poetry . Let us lay aside every weight which hinders our getting him recognized as this . What we have of Shelley in poetry and prose suited with this charming picture of him ...
Side xv
... poetic tongues ; it remained in possession of its own physiognomy and of all its vigor . " We now approach our subject proper . What is the literary quality which the Bible possesses , and which it has therefore been communicating to ...
... poetic tongues ; it remained in possession of its own physiognomy and of all its vigor . " We now approach our subject proper . What is the literary quality which the Bible possesses , and which it has therefore been communicating to ...
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The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments Ed. with an ... Albert Stanburrough Cook Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1908 |
The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments Albert Stanburrough Cook Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1906 |
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according to thy apostles Aryan beasts behold Biblical Blessed children of Israel children of men Christ Cloth dead rise delight diction earth Edited enemies English Bible English language evil expression fear giveth glory gnomic poetry hand hath Hebrew poetry HIRAM CORSON holy Homer iniquity Introduction price Jerusalem keep thy king kingdom of heaven Latin literary literature Matthew Arnold mercy Moab Moses mouth nature parallel passage poem pray Prometheus Unbound prophets Psalm quicken rejoice Rhetoric rhythm righteous say unto Scripture Semitic languages sentence shalt thou simplicity soul speak speech style supplication things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy commandments thy judgments thy law thy name thy people Israel thy precepts thy right thy servant thy statutes thy testimonies thy word tongue translation truth understanding unto the LORD unto thee unto thy verse voice whosoever wicked wisdom
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Side 52 - king, knoweth of these things, before whom, also, I speak " freely : for, I am persuaded, that none of these things, are " hidden from him ; for, this thing, was not done in a corner.
Side 51 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Side 48 - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?
Side xxvi - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes "Woe unto the world because of offenses: for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom...
Side 1 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
Side 19 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Side 43 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven ; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Side 54 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Side 50 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Side 47 - Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?