 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for 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.  New Englander and Yale Review - Page 82edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 278 pages
...Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " 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 peradventure he s'eepetu, and must he awaked." . Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in Cicero's oration... | |
 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - Bible - 1826 - 394 pages
...that answered. And they leaped upon the altar." Elijah therefore mocked them and said, " Cry alond, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried alond, and cat themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 528 pages
...Baal, — irony founded on the notions which the worshippers entertained of their deity. " Cry aloud: for he is a God ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
 | John Trumbull - United States - 1826 - 180 pages
...Elysian, Great Mars leave with her his commis[sion, And Neptune erst, in treaty free, *" Cry aloud: for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing,...in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. — And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives andlancets" i. Kings, chap, xviii.... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...Baal, — irony founded on the notions which the worshippers entertained of their deity. " Cry aloud : for he is a God ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or per ad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | Catholic emancipation - 1826 - 190 pages
...importunate addresses of his besotted priests, when Elijah mocked them and said, "cryaloud, " for Baal is a God ; either he is talking, or he "is pursuing, or he is in a journey, orperadven" ture he sleepeth, and must be awaked."—Nothing is more galling to people, than to have... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...downger. 1 Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Homer's deities are represented travelling,... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 698 pages
...in the bible. Elijah was bitterly sarcastic when he said to the prophets of Baal, " Cry aloud ; lor he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The inspired preacher employs irony... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 328 pages
...Baal to prove the truth of their deky, " mocked them, and said : Cry aloud for he is a god either ho is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventnre he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united : as in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...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 he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepclh, and must be awaked." excellent interpreter of the law ! master of antiquity! corrector and... | |
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