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" He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting. "
The Works - Page xciv
by Daniel Webster - 1854
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Sketches from Nature: Taken, and Coloured, in a Journey to Margate ..., Volume 1

George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting." (Job xxxix. 19 — 25.) So the sublime in Scripture stands in connection with power, as...
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The pilgrim's progress

John Bunyan - 1795 - 638 pages
...believeth he that it is " the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the " trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar " off, the thunder of the captains and the shoutings1." But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor...
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Night Scenes of City Life ...

Thomas De Witt Talmage - New York (N.Y.) - 1801 - 256 pages
...terrible; he paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength, he saith among the trumpets hal ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting;" like the Travelers' Club, the Blossom Club, the Palette Club, the Commercial Club, the Liberal...
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, ha^ ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting, "f * Sonnini, ii. 298. -f- Job.xxx'x, v. 19 — 1$. •"f he fiery courser, when he hears...
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Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the ..., Volume 2

Johann Caspar Lavater - Facial expression - 1804 - 562 pages
...neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. " He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." — Job xxxix. 19 — 25. I am but little acquainted with horses, yet it seems to me indubitable...
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1804 - 498 pages
...neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith amongst the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off; the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." ' Here are all the great and sprightly images, that thought can form of this generous beast,...
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Essays on Physiognomy: For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the ..., Volume 2

Johann Caspar Lavater - Facial expression - 1804 - 574 pages
...neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. '* He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." — Job xxxix. 19 — 25. I am but little acquainted with horses, yet it seems to me indubitable...
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Statistical Survey of the County of Kildare: With Observations on the Means ...

Thomas James Rawson - Agriculture - 1807 - 342 pages
...neither believeth he, that it is the sound of the trumpet. " He saith among the trumpets ha! ha ! and smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.1' The lower classes of farmers have brood-mares as part of their tillage stock. They never...
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Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 492 pages
...against him, the glittering spear and the shield : he swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouts of victory !" We admire at his greatness, we rejoice in his glory, though his conquest is not...
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Dissertations Moral and Critical, Volume 3

James Beattie - 1809 - 262 pages
...despises their alarm as much as we do that of a threatening which only provokes our laughter: " and he " smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the " captains, and the shouting." Besides the grandeur of the animal, as here painted, the sublimity of the passage is heightened...
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