 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
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 pàgines
...mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not : 19 The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent upon a rock, The way of a ship in the midst... | |
 | John Locke - 1820 - 142 pàgines
...without the spirit of prophecy. Three things, says he, for example, are loo marvellous for me, and even four which I know not: the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. One must have... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pàgines
...to convince offenders by fatal experience, that his laws and threatenings are not vain *. Ver. 18. There be three things, which are too wonderful for me, yea four which I know not: Ver. 19. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 758 pàgines
...thirteen years old, living in her father's house.3 The word occurs also in Proverbs. " There are " three things which are too wonderful for me ; " yea,...the midst of the sea ; and " the way of a man with a maid." 4 ' Promptissi' mum est intelligere vincula, quibus virgo incipit ' astringi futuro sponso suo... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 422 pàgines
...the celebrated bishop of Puy en Velai, on the following passage in the book of Proverbs,* " There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea,...ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in his youth." In order to give a literal translation of the passage, it would have been necessary,... | |
 | S H. Jackson - 1824 - 488 pàgines
...an adulteress ; she may commit fornication, but not adultery. The text is this: Proverbs xxx. 18. " There be three things which are too wonderful for...yea, four, which I know not : the way of an eagle through the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the... | |
 | 1824 - 1004 pàgines
...the young eagles eat it. 18 Three things are hard to me ; and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of. 19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of * ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. 20 Sucli is also the way of an adulterous... | |
 | 1825 - 542 pàgines
...mystery.'— p. 141. Solomon himself wondered at, and understood not, four very simple things — ." 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 ;" and Mr. Moore, like the wisest of men, seems to marvel immoderately at four things by no means... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pàgines
...yea, four which I know not: lil The nay of au eagle iu the air; the way of a serpent upon a ruck ; 25 mail with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pàgines
...the ravens of * the valley shall pick it out, xlTsoV*' and the young eagles shall eat it. "^jf- ^ 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, *"** yea, four which I know not : 19 The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; the way of a ship in the f... | |
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