 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
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1823 - 458 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 "...could " not discern the form thereof; an image was be" fore mine eyes : there was silence ; and I heard " a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...of the night, when deep sleep fallcth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made my bones shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair...before mine eyes. There was silence; and I heard a voice—Shall mortal man be more just than God?" The description of Fingal's airy hall, in the Poem... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Covenant theology - 1823 - 468 pages
...came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before 1 Job iii. my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood...silence, and I heard a voice. SHALL MORTAL MAN BE JUST RATHER THAN GOD ? SHALL MAN BE PURE RATHER THAN HIS MAKER? BEHOLD, HE PUTTETH NO TRUST IN HIS... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824 - 510 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,...mine eyes , there was silence; and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than * Ye subterranean gods, whose awful sway The gliding ghosts... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...teas Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself, 1 Sam. xxviii. 12 — 14. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my...but I could not discern the form thereof: an image wu before mine eyes, there vas silence, and I heard a voice, laying, Job iv. 14 — 16. His body also... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...thoughts," or rather amidst tumultuous thoughts, " from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men : fear came upon me and trembling, which made...stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern are these, " shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker. Behold... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...himself both saw and heard (a). In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not (distinctly and perfectly) discern the form thereof: (I can only say in general terms, that) an image... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 432 pages
...tragedies of Euripides8. 1 " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...an image was before mine eyes, there was silence. — JOB iv. 13. r See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability, Journal of a Tour... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pages
...tragedies of Euripides'. 1 " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...an image was before mine eyes, there was silence. — JOB iv. 13. r See this curious question treated by him with most acute ability, Journal of a Tour... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 510 pages
...terrible uncertainty of the thing described : In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and trembling,...stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof; on image was before mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard a voice, — Shall mortal man be more... | |
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