 I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man : and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.  The Monthly magazine - Pàgina 92per Monthly literary register - 1810Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Atterbury - 1708 - 582 pàgines
...of the • * People; and as one gathereth Eggs that are j left , have I gathered all the Earth; and there was none that moved the Wing , or opened the Mouth , or peeped. Thus they j adore the goodly Scheme, by which they brought all thefe things to pafs, and reckon... | |
 | Samuel White - 1709 - 550 pàgines
...riches of the people : and as one gathereth the eggs that are left, have I gathered all the enrth, and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.'] He carries on the Metaphor he us'd before, v, 10. compares himfelf to one that finds a Neft... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pàgines
...riches of the people-, and as one gathereth » eggs that are left, have J gathered all the 51 earth, and there was none that moved the " wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped *." In like manner NAHUM, prpphefying the deftruftion of Nineveh, fays, " All thy ftrong-holds... | |
 | Robert Macculloch - 1791 - 750 pàgines
...riches of the people : and,as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth, and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. in another difplay of his ftrength and wifdom. The king of Aflyria is here rcprefented as glorying... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1794 - 466 pàgines
...riches of tfce people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth, and there, was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth or peeped." Yet was this AflVrian only a rod of divine ancrer, and a ftafF of indignation, in the hand... | |
 | 1810 - 700 pàgines
...obsoleto verb " to prrp," formed in the same manner as " to huzza, to whoop, and to hein and A«."f This verb is very appropriately applied to young birds...ver. 14: " There was none that moved the wing, or open; d the mouth, or peeped." In chap. 8, ver. 19, of the same prophet, it is coupled with "mutter;"... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1798 - 136 pàgines
...riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs that are left, " have I gathered all the earth : and there was none that moved «' the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped." II. 2. ' How fhall the axe o'er Hermon's piny fhade, ' Scorning the hewer's arm, prevail ?... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pàgines
...of the people, and as one gathereth eggs that are left, hath he 'gathered all the earth, and there there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped." The awful aspect of affairs is represented with great force, and the picture worked up in... | |
 | William Jay - 1805 - 486 pàgines
...riches of the people : and " as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered " all the earth ; and there was none that moved the " wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped." And this brings us, IV. To obferve in thefe words fomething very IALSE and VAIN ; " Then I... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pàgines
...riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped ; I have carried away their wealth, as easily as a man robs a bird's nest, and they durst not... | |
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