 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
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...ption 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...heard a voice — Shall mortal man be more just than Go.i ?"* LESSON XC. The Dungeon. — LYRICAL BALLADS. AND this place our forefathers made for man !... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1835 - 158 pages
...feared that the brute's voice, and the trampling of the horse's feet would have disturbed her. 328. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of...a voice — Shall mortal man be more just than God ? The Dash is sometimes to be read as a question. 329. Is it not enough to see our friends die, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...falltth upon men, fear came upon me and tremblmg, which made ail my bones to shake. Then a spirit parsed We are first prepared with the utmost solemuity for the vision ; we are first terrified, before we... | |
 | Jacob Henry B. Mountain - Sermons, English - 1835 - 482 pages
...authorise a belief in the occasional visitations of supernatural beings to warn and instruct mankind. " A spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh...eyes;" "there was silence, and I heard a voice.'" I think, therefore, that, without discrediting the declarations of Holy Scripture, we have no room... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1835 - 452 pages
...earn 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...face : the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, hut I could not discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard... | |
 | Friedrich August G. Tholuck - 1836 - 334 pages
...your good than of your evil ? ' In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me and trembling, Which made all...heard a voice, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants, And his angels... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 544 pages
...of good than of evil ? — " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all...my flesh stood up : it stood still but I could not discover the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence and I heard a voice saying,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...terrible uncertainty of the thing described : In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep rve it. The thing you fought for is not the thing...sunk, wasted, and consumed in the contest. Nothing ? We are first prepared with the utmost solemnity for the vision ; we are first terrified, before we... | |
 | George Augustus Addison - Anglo-Indian literature - 1837 - 372 pages
...from the Book of Job. " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on man, fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my...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 ?' "... | |
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