The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred Composition. By Courtney Melmoth. In Two VolumesJ. Murray, 1777 - Bible |
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... history , as , -On she came Led by her heavenly Maker , and adorn'd With all that earth , or heaven could bestow To make her amiable ་ fur- furpaffes any delineation of fe- male grace and attraction , OF SCRIPTURE . 27.
... history , as , -On she came Led by her heavenly Maker , and adorn'd With all that earth , or heaven could bestow To make her amiable ་ fur- furpaffes any delineation of fe- male grace and attraction , OF SCRIPTURE . 27.
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... feized upon the heart . If fuch the origin of dress , if fuch the history of external decoration , how few reafons have we to plume ourselves upon our finery ! D 4 ESSAY III . LONGEVIT Y. PASSAGE . AND ALL THE OF SCRIPTURE . 39.
... feized upon the heart . If fuch the origin of dress , if fuch the history of external decoration , how few reafons have we to plume ourselves upon our finery ! D 4 ESSAY III . LONGEVIT Y. PASSAGE . AND ALL THE OF SCRIPTURE . 39.
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... history , and every epi- thet of endearment is allotted to her . She is confidered as favour- able to love , and propitious to every tender undertaking ; nor can we , at any time , exprefs a courte- ous character without giving to it ...
... history , and every epi- thet of endearment is allotted to her . She is confidered as favour- able to love , and propitious to every tender undertaking ; nor can we , at any time , exprefs a courte- ous character without giving to it ...
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... history represents the lover ten- derly leading her into the tent of his mother ; foon after which , he courted her heart , and fhe became his wife , and was beloved . What a noble poem , or rather , what a poetical fact , is here ...
... history represents the lover ten- derly leading her into the tent of his mother ; foon after which , he courted her heart , and fhe became his wife , and was beloved . What a noble poem , or rather , what a poetical fact , is here ...
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... history . The Bible indeed , for the most part , clears up the point as it goes along ; and , without feeming to poffefs the least art , almost every narrative is actually fo conftructed , as to exhibit what the critics re- quire , and ...
... history . The Bible indeed , for the most part , clears up the point as it goes along ; and , without feeming to poffefs the least art , almost every narrative is actually fo conftructed , as to exhibit what the critics re- quire , and ...
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Abra Abraham affift aftoniſhing amidſt anſwer beauty behold bleffings bofom brethren brother children of men circumftance confequence damfel darkneſs defirous Deity deſtroyed difcover earth Efau ESSAY ESSAY expreffed exquifite facred fafe faid fame father fcene fcripture feem felf fenfe fent fentiments fervant feven fhall fhew fifter fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome foon foul freſh ftances ftand ftill ftory ftrokes fubject fublimity fuch fuperior furely hand hath heart Heaven himſelf hiſtory honour houſe HUSHAM Ifaac Ifrael inftance intereſting itſelf Jacob Jofeph juftice kindneſs Laban laft lefs light lord Machir mafter mercy Midian Mofes moft moſt muft muſt nature nefs NOAH obfervations occafion paffages paffion pafs PASSAGE pleaſure poffible pray thee prefents preffed puniſh Rachel racter reaſon Rebekah refpect ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſpirit tender tenderneſs thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe tranfactions univerſal verfe verſe whoſe