| 1843 - 628 páginas
...examples : The first occurs in 1 Kings xviii. 27Elijah, in mocking the priests of Baal, tells them " He is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked," meaning nothing more than to expose his impotence in the most striking... | |
| James Murray - 1819 - 386 páginas
...it be good, or whether it be evil. IX. — II. Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god: cither he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perudvcnturti he sleepeth, and must... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 páginas
...occasions. Example 1. Thu? Elijah challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity. " Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking,...is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must he awakened." 2. To reprm.ea person for hisuegKgence, one might say, " You have... | |
| Daniel Jaudon - 1820 - 236 páginas
...Psalm. Q. What is Irony? A. Irony, dissembling with an air, Means otherwise than words declare. Example: "Cry aloud; for he is a God: either he is talking or he, is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or jip.radr en tare he sleepeth, and must be awakened." I Kings sviii. 27. Q. What is a Climax? A. A Climax,... | |
| Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 466 páginas
...made. These antic gesticulations are of as little avail. Upon this, Elijah tauntingly exclaims ; " Cry aloud, for he is a God : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked !" Roused by the reproachful sneer, they repeat their vociferations;... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 356 páginas
...it. The prophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " mocked them, and said : Cry aloud, for he is a god...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventare he slcepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in Cicero's... | |
| Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 páginas
...even until noon, saying, O Baal hear us, — but there was no voice nor any that answered. And at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, — or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened. But there was neither voice, or... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 páginas
...it. The ""ophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " mocked them, and said : Cry, . aloud for he is a god ; either he is talking, or be is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations... | |
| 1832 - 480 páginas
...with the exulting heathen, from the scripture. Nor did they in vain adopt Elijah's argument, when "he mocked them and said, cry aloud, for he is a god; either he was talking, or he was pursuing, or he wan on a journey, or peradventure, he was asleep" when his temple... | |
| John Berridge - 1822 - 224 páginas
...themselves. When the priests of Baai sacrificed and prayed to him for miraculous evidence of his divinity, " Elijah mocked them, and Said, cry aloud, for he is...is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." Isaiah, to expose the superstition of the Heathen, describes their... | |
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