 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
 | Thomas Wetherald - Sermons, American - 1826 - 220 pages
...views of men respecting religion? Nothing better than the impressed views of Job's miserable comforter. "Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of...mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall man be more pure than his Maker? Behold he put... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 698 pages
...ears 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 all...mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice." From these sublime and decisive authorities, it is evident that the exhibition of supernatural appearances... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 712 pages
...ears 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 all...the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I conld not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I beard... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...Satan exalted sat, " MILTON. . " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep Bleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...mine 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 ? Behold,... | |
 | Theology - 1828 - 682 pages
...moving description, from the Book of Job.— "In thoughts, from t he visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me and trembling...the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but 1 could not discern the form thereof. An image was before mine eyes ; there was silence and I heard... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1829 - 648 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,...voice — Shall "mortal man be more just than God ?"t (Job iv. 15.) No ideas, it is plain, are so sublime as those taken from the Supreme Being ; the... | |
 | Mine and body - 1829 - 150 pages
...necromancy of the witch of Endor ; and that described by Eliphas, (Job iv. 12,) " when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all...discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes, and I heard a voice" — {So Is. xiv. 9, $-c. Ez. xxxii. 18, &ic. or more like the following.) Let... | |
 | Thomas Colley Grattan - Europe - 1829 - 482 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 Brewster - Bible - 1830 - 602 pages
...similar impression of mind. " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...mine 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 2 ?" Here... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 540 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...mine 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? Behold, he... | |
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