 In thoughts from the visions of the night, 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...  Cyclopædia of English literature - Page 219by Robert Chambers - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 434 pages
...fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my 125 face, the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still,...mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice."* There are not, perhaps, many instances of relations delivered in language more truly sublime as well... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...received a little thereof. " In thoughts from the visions of the " night, when deep sleep falleth on men, "fear came upon me and trembling, " which made...eyes ; " there was silence ; and I heard a voice, " saying, Shall mortal man be more just ? Shall a man be more pure '.* In the first place, jny brethren,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...following noble passage of the book of Job : " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when " deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, " and trembling,...not " discern the form thereof; an image was before " my eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard a voice " — Shall mortal man be more just than God *... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...indistinctness rousing the imagination, is finely depicted in Job iv. 14. Eliphaz describes it thus — "Fear came upon me, and trembling which made all my...still, but I could not discern the form thereof.'' The senses, in this description, are but slightly affected ; the eye could not discern any specific... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...following noble passage of the book of Job: " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when " deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, " and trembling,...not " discern the form thereof; an image was before " my eyes; there was silence ; and I heard a voice " — Shall mortal man be more just than God * ?"... | |
 | 1821 - 506 pages
...the following passage of Job. "In thoughts from the visions "of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all...of my flesh stood up ; it stood still, but I could Bot discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes. There was silence; and I heard a voice,... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...ear received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, and I heard a still voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...Eliphaz, in the fourth chapter of the book of Job. " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and trembling,...passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. An image was before mine eyes ; it stood still, but 1 could not discern the form thereof." Compared... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pages
...Eliphaz, in the fourth chapter of the book of Job. " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and trembling,...passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. An image was before mine eyes ; it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof." Compared... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...description in the book of Job: "In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...a voice — Shall mortal man be more just than God ?"* LESSON XC. The Dungeon. — LYRICAL BALLADS. Ann this place our forefathers made for man ! This... | |
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