The Spirit of Hebrew Poetry: By J.G. Herder. Translated from the German, Volumes 1-2E. Smith, 1833 - Hebrew poetry, Biblical |
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... thing is to be learned anew . The language , the habits of life , the modes of thought and of inter- course , the heavens above , and the earth beneath , all are changed , and present to us a strange and foreign aspect . When in ...
... thing is to be learned anew . The language , the habits of life , the modes of thought and of inter- course , the heavens above , and the earth beneath , all are changed , and present to us a strange and foreign aspect . When in ...
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... things considered , that the work should be given to the publick , and my views of duty to my author , as a faithful translator , did not permit me to misrepresent his opinions in any thing of importance . * I was at * I fear that in ...
... things considered , that the work should be given to the publick , and my views of duty to my author , as a faithful translator , did not permit me to misrepresent his opinions in any thing of importance . * I was at * I fear that in ...
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... thing of worth , he is my best friend , who without either praise or censure procures for it readers of this description . Each one can always omit , what does not suit his taste , and for this purpose the con- tents of the dialogues ...
... thing of worth , he is my best friend , who without either praise or censure procures for it readers of this description . Each one can always omit , what does not suit his taste , and for this purpose the con- tents of the dialogues ...
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... prejudices of childhood , but if possible from childhood itself . Do you know any thing of this barren and barbarous language ? What are the grounds of your opinion concerning it ? A. I know enough of it to my sorrow . 3 DIALOGUE I. ...
... prejudices of childhood , but if possible from childhood itself . Do you know any thing of this barren and barbarous language ? What are the grounds of your opinion concerning it ? A. I know enough of it to my sorrow . 3 DIALOGUE I. ...
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... thing : we will consider it as a human language , and its contents as merely human . Nay , more , to give you better assurance of my perfect fairness , we will speak of it only as an instrument of ancient poetry . Are you pleased with ...
... thing : we will consider it as a human language , and its contents as merely human . Nay , more , to give you better assurance of my perfect fairness , we will speak of it only as an instrument of ancient poetry . Are you pleased with ...
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Page 230 - 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 252 - 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 216 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 228 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 146 - Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 300 - And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to...
Page 234 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched...
Page 223 - HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, And to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah that bare you: For I called him alone, And blessed him, and increased him.
Page 230 - 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 235 - Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.