 | Richard Lucas - 1699 - 364 pages
...ftate of Opulency and Honour, no doubt, which he there defcribes, V. i9) to. My Root was fp read out ly the Waters, and the Dew lay all night upon my Branch. My Glory was frefb in me, and my Bow was renewed in my hand: And hence it was, that when Jol was opprefled and overwhelmed... | |
 | James Hervey - 1755 - 486 pages
...* * yob rr.ofl beautifully alludes to thefe two Sources of vegetable Fertility ; My Raot was fpread out by the Waters^ and the Dew lay all Night upon my Branch, Job xxix. 19. Rains as they fall ; imbibe the Dews as they diftil j and tranfmit them, through their... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - 1776 - 516 pages
...of his moift time, that is, when, as he exprefles it in the 1 9 and 20 verfes, " My root was fpread out by the " waters, and the dew lay all night upon " my branch, my glory was frefh in me." Not in the days of his difgrace then, the days in which he was ftripped of his ornaments,... | |
 | several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...his former profperity makes ufe of the following beautiful and fimple allufion ; " My root was fpread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch." Dr. Milne fpreads out this branch only for the purpofe of blafting it in the end. ' In fine, fays he,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 614 pages
...his former profperity makes ufe of the following beautiful and fimple allufion ; " My root was fpread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch." Dr. Milne fpreads out this branch only for the purpofe of blafting it in the end. * In fine, fays he,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1780 - 612 pages
...his former prosperity makes ufe of the following beautiful and fimple allufion ; " My root was fpread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch." Dr. Milne fpreads out this branch only for the purpofe of blafting it in the end. * In fine, foys he,... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1792 - 518 pages
...And I brake the jaws of the " wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his " teeth. My root was fpread by the waters, " and the dew lay all night upon my " branch. My glory was frefh in me, and " my bow was renewed in my hand. Unto " me men gave ear, and waited, and kept *' filence... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew...my hand. Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence-at my counsel. After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. And they... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...ccqtinue prosperous and die honourably in my house, and not hi- driven like a 19 bird from hit nest. My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch ; like a tree by the 20 rivers, I thought I should never wither. My glory [was] fresh in me, and my... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...the dew lay all night upon my branch ; like^ tree by the 20 rivers, I thought I should never wither. My glory [was] fresh in. me, and my bow was renewed in my hand ; my esteem^id reputation lucre growing, and my power to defend my fortune anrt 21 dignity continued... | |
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 
