 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.  A Philosophical Dictionary - Pàgina 472per Voltaire - 1843Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1862 - 184 pàgines
...eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Ps. 131. 1. " The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent...the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pàgines
...in human hearts the thought of death. YOUNG. — Night I. Line 4 80; Proverbs, Chap. XXX. Verse 10. The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea. SOLOMON. — Proverbs, Chap. XXX. Verse 10. Without making any impression.... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1864 - 624 pàgines
...book also, were at fault. Indeed it is said, 18th and 19th vers., 30th proverb, by the wise man, that "there be three things which are too wonderful for...the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid." The lasr point made is upon the refusal to grant a new trial, on account of the verdict being... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1864 - 796 pàgines
...are not good judges of such a matter, but the author reminded us of the words of the wise man — " There be three things which are too wonderful for...the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the wa> of a man with a maid." The first three of these wonders science lias explained. Bayard Taylor lias... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1864 - 672 pàgines
...the thought, instead of finding an end of it. It is in an inspired book§ that we read the avowal, There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not. Gibbon|| applauds Cicero for " very honestly confessing," that although he had translated the Timaeus... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1866 - 394 pàgines
...and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with water ; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. . . . There be three things which are too...the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid." — Proverbs xxx. 15-19. It is scarcely necessary to observe that the present text is a miserable... | |
 | 1866 - 396 pàgines
...and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with water ; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. . . . There be three things which are too...the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid." — Proverbs xxx. 15-19. It is scarcely necessary to observe that the present text is a miserable... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1866 - 406 pàgines
...; and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. . . . There be three things which are too...the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid." — Proverbs xxx. 15-19. It is scarcely necessary to observe that the present text is a miserable... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1866 - 446 pàgines
...a-dwellin' on this Scripture, and l've been havin' it brought up to me this mornin' : fi There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea,...of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.' She used to say it as a kind o' caution to me when she used... | |
 | George V. Wigram - 1866 - 816 pàgines
...evil way, 18. perverse (in his) ways shall fall at 29 :27. upright in the may 30: 19. У/к: wayofan eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; ami the way of л man with a maid. 20. Such (is) the way o/an adulterous 31 : '¿.nor thy wayt to that... | |
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