 Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.  Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 410by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 898 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon. OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1824 - 336 pages
...blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.' " * The writer of this Memoir is... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1824 - 342 pages
...blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.'" * The writer of this Memoir is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of -Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears... | |
 | Thomas Bowdler - 1825 - 364 pages
...blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's...the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.' " * The writer of this Memoir is... | |
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