 | 1799 - 224 pàgines
...countenance in the presence of the kings of Persia, and alarmed for his safety, Nehemiah replied: — " Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance...waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" Neh. ii. 3. Nehemiah found favour in the sight of Artaxerxes Longimanus ; he received a commission... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 310 pàgines
...temple. When the idolatrous prince put this question to him, Why is thy countenance sad ? He replied, Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, iieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Nehem. ii. 2. 3. Daniel... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pàgines
...$nd visage : and upon the king's asking why his countenance was so sad, he ingenuously answered, " Why should not my countenance " be sad, when the city,...waste, and the gates thereof " are consumed with fire?" In the New Testament, besides the many instances of the love of their country shewn by his disciples... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pàgines
...sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then he was very sore afraid, And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance...waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire. Then the king said unto him, For what dost thou make request ? So he prayed to the God of heaven. And... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pàgines
...detign, or the courtiers 3 should ofifoee the firofioaal I was going to make, And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with * It was in November be... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1805 - 380 pàgines
...temple. When the idolatrous prince put this question to him, Why is thy countenance sad ? He replied, Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof 'are consumed with fire? Nehem. ii. 2. 3. Daniel... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pàgines
...design, or the courtiers 3 should ofiftose the firofiosal I was going to make, And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be fiad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pàgines
...Observe Nehemiah, to whom his royal master put the question, Why is thy countenance sad ? said he, Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed wifh fire ? chap. ii. 2, &c. Consider... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 pàgines
...all Comfort, when we see Nehemiah so quick, in the expressions of his sorrow to an uncertain ear ! Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my father's sepulchres, licth waste, and the gates thereof burnt with f re ? Not without an humble preface,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pàgines
...? this in nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance...when the city, the place (of my fathers sepulchres, tteth waste, i and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ? 4 Then the king said unto me. For what... | |
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Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 
