The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry: By J.G. Herder. Translated from the German, Volume 2E. Smith, 1833 - Bible |
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... become weak and facile from a multiplicity of empty sounds and stale metaphorical expressions . They often speak too , as the Orientals , and as uncultivated savages speak , till at length with the progress of nature and art they learn ...
... become weak and facile from a multiplicity of empty sounds and stale metaphorical expressions . They often speak too , as the Orientals , and as uncultivated savages speak , till at length with the progress of nature and art they learn ...
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... becomes in the view of the mind excited by its influ- ence a thing of life , and thus personification is the second higher step in the origin of the poetick art . It is the nature of the human soul to refer every thing to itself , to ...
... becomes in the view of the mind excited by its influ- ence a thing of life , and thus personification is the second higher step in the origin of the poetick art . It is the nature of the human soul to refer every thing to itself , to ...
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... become necessary for them as for other Orien- tals a significant and beautiful idiom . * An idiom , however , * Examples are found in Jones ' commentar , poes . Asiaticæ in suffi which for the most part has given occasion to the 2 13 ...
... become necessary for them as for other Orien- tals a significant and beautiful idiom . * An idiom , however , * Examples are found in Jones ' commentar , poes . Asiaticæ in suffi which for the most part has given occasion to the 2 13 ...
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... becomes a fable . The transition from the one to the other is by a single step , and the East abounds not more in personifications , than in fables . When God brought the various brutes to Adam to see what he would call them , he placed ...
... becomes a fable . The transition from the one to the other is by a single step , and the East abounds not more in personifications , than in fables . When God brought the various brutes to Adam to see what he would call them , he placed ...
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... becomes as it were , a poetical and tradi- tionary representation of family history . Whoever reads the historical writings of the Old Testament , from the most an- cient period , will scarcely deny this , and one , that is acquaint- ed ...
... becomes as it were , a poetical and tradi- tionary representation of family history . Whoever reads the historical writings of the Old Testament , from the most an- cient period , will scarcely deny this , and one , that is acquaint- ed ...
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Page 234 - The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas : and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place...
Page 258 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
Page 234 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come Who is this King of glory?
Page 108 - God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Page 245 - A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Page 263 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Page 39 - God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 98 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 95 - O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with Psalms.
Page 286 - He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish : and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.