| John FISHER (A.M., Vicar of St. Lawrence, Exeter.) - 1741 - 354 pages
...Spirit pa/ed before my Face, the Hair of my Flejb flood up, it ftood ftiil, but I could not dif<tm the Form thereof; an Image was before mine Eyes, there was Silence, and I heard a Voice, faying, Shall mortal Man k more juft than God ? Shall a Man be more pure than his Maker} ie 'Tis in... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all ray bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was... | |
| Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...could not be constantly gratified with vernal bloom aud fragrance, or summer beauty and profusion. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes : — There... | |
| Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...XVHEN DEEP SLEEP FALLETH ON MEN, .FEAR CAME UPON ME, AND TREMBLING, WHICH MADE ALL MY BONKS TO SHAKE. THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE, THE HAIR OF MY FLESH STOOD UP. IT STOOD STILL, x BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF : AN IMAGE • -WAS BEFORE MINE EYES ; THERE... | |
| George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...deep " sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trem" bling, which made all my bones to shake : Then a " spirit passed before my face, the hair of my flesh stood " up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form " thereof: an image — before mine eyes — silence... | |
| mrs. Yorke - 1801 - 280 pages
...passed before my " face. The hair of my head stood up. " It stood still; but I could not dis" cern the form thereof. An image was " before mine eyes ; there was silence, " and Iheard avoice. Shall mortal man " be just before God?" God himself is a spirit, a being immaterial... | |
| John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my head stood up :• It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof:...eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?"....Perhaps an instance... | |
| 1815 - 436 pages
...when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake : then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up." I am well aware, indeed, that the awe which thus seizes upon the mind is not the same in all cases;... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed " before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. " It stood still ; but I could not discern the form...mine eyes. There " was silence ; and I heard a voice — Shall mortal " man be more just than God ?"* As Ossian's supernatural beings are described with... | |
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