ISBN: 9781130300376

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 522 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 522 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1753 Excerpt: . . . than a Gift; which may either mean a Gift from the fame Person, which agrees best with the preceding Verse, or one offered by another Person by way of Bribe, e yv and ov StSipmi ptlol JA, according to the LX. X, Prov. xxvi. 23. so I apprehend the Syriac understood it, translating it, A Word will turn back a Gift. Or may not the Sense be, As the epoling Dew is more agreeable than the scorching Air, so is is a (kind) Word than a Gift. . e. Such a Gift as that of the envious, and churlish Upbraider, 18. Lastly, which seems the best and closest, As the Dew. moderates and assuages the Heat, so a Word, or soft Answer turneth away Wrath, Prov. xv. 1. sooner than a Gift. Ver. 17. Lo is not a Word better than a Gift ax iii Aosf vVf Us dyabov; is no the Sense of this exactly the fame, according to the present Reading, with the End of the former Verse and does Hi any Way alter, or enlarge the Sense What then is the Use of it here, or to what does it particularly point I suspect the Reading to be corrupt, and that the true one is, i , ifoVs A;y and virif Sopot uyxQv, and then the Sense of the whole will be, As the cooling refreshing Dew is preferable to the scorching Heat, so is a Word to some Sort of Gifts: nay, is not sweet obliging Speech even above a good Gift itself, which loses its Value when given churlishly, and is enhanced, when accompanied with kind Expressions As yflo is ad. B b deci ded to invigorate the Expression, so its, or some such Word, seems necessary to help forward the Comparison. This may seem confirmed by the Syriac, which has, Estsermo bonus qui dono prstantior est: And by St. Cbryfostoms Comment upon this Passage, Spe fermonis obfequium, nJuj Aoyo, magis recreat accipient. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 566 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: . . . sent to haunted rooms, Or some dark passage where the spirit eomes Of one onee murderd! then she laughing read, And felt at onee the folly and the dread: As rustie girls to erafty gipsies fly, And trust the liar though they fear the lie; Or as a patient, urged by grievous pains, Will fee the daring quaek whom he disdains, So Jane was pleased to see the beekoning hand, And trust the magie of the Radeliffe-wand. In her religion--for her mind, though light, Was not disposed our better views to slight--Her favourite authors were a solemn kind, Who fill with dark mysterious thoughts the mind; And who with sueh eoneeits her faney plied, Beeame her friend, philosopher, and guide. She made the Progress of the Pilgrim one To build a thousand pleasant views upon; All that eonneets us with a world above She loved to faney, and she longd to prove; Well would the poet please her, who eould lead Her faney forth, yet keep untouehd her ereed. Led by an early eustom, Luey spied, When she awaked, the Bible at her side; That, ere she ventured on a world of eare, She might for trials, joys or pains prepare, For every dart a shield, a guard for every snare. She read not mueh of high heroie deeds, Where man the measure of mans power exeeeds; But gave to luekless love and fate severe Her tenderest pity and her softest tear. She mixd not faith with fable, but she trod Right onward, eautious in the ways of God; Nor did she dare to launeh on seas unknown, In seareh of truths by some adventurers shown. But her own eompass used, and kept a eourse her own. The maidens both their loyalty deelared, And in the glory of their eountry shared; But Jane that glory felt with proud delight. When Englands foes were vanquishd in the fight While Lueys feelings for the brave who bled Put al. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 1130300374

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ISBN: 1130300374

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