 | Longinus, William Smith - Authors, Greek - 1752 - 242 pages
...:he power of God, has nobly exprefs'd it in the beginning of his Law IJ. " And God faid, " What? Let there be light, and " there was light. Let the earth be, and the " earth was." I They have tried it by a law of Horace mifunderftood, and therefore condemn it.... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...Nahum ui. 12, «* dignity, has written in the beginning of his " laws, And GOD faid — What ? — Let there be ** light, and there was light : Let the earth be, *' and the earth was *." To the fame purpofe I might mention another pafsage : " And I faw a great white throne,... | |
 | Edward King - Bible - 1800 - 606 pages
...fpccles ;} — after this FENE'ZQil ГН*,—КАГ 'EFE'NETO. GOD SAID, as Mofes informs us, tvbat 1 LET THERE BE LIGHT} AND THERE WAS LIGHT. LET THE EARTH BE;— AND THE EARTH WAS. The fublime brevity of the expreflion, is nobly pointed out by the Mafler of Eloquence.—... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...following passage from the book of Genesis, as possessing that quality in an eminent degree. " God said let there be light, and there was light: — Let the earth...the contrary, in almost every instance except that aboveiticntioned, the latter possesses an indubitable right to pre-eminence. Our language, however,... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...MIRROR. " God said let there be light, and there <wai light: — Let the earth be, and earth tuas.* From what I have advanced on this subject, I would...not have it inferred, that I conceive the version of Sternhoid and Hopkins, generally speaking, to be superior to that of Brady and Tate 5 for, on the contrary,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1813 - 336 pages
...following passage from the Book of Genesis, as possessing that quality in an eminent degree: " God said let there be light, and there was light : — Let the...what I have advanced on this subject, I would not ha^e it inferred, that I conceive the version of Stern* hold and Hopkins, generally speaking, to be... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...following passage from the Book of Genesis, as possessing that quality in an eminent degree: " God said let there be light, and there was light : — Let the earth be, and earth zcas."* From what I have advanced on this subject, I would not have it inferred, that I conceive the... | |
 | 1831 - 492 pages
...power of God, has nobly expressed it in the beginning of his law — 'And God said— • What ? ' Let there be light, and there was light ! Let the earth be; and the earth was!"' "There is a particularity," observes a commentator on this remark, " in the manner... | |
 | George Pretyman - Apologetics - 1815 - 578 pages
...power of God, has nobly expressed it in the beginning of his law; ' And God said,'—What?—' Let there be light, and there was light. Let the earth be, and the earth was'." Porphyry (b), one of the most acute and learned enemies of Christianity, admitted... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 336 pages
...passage from the Book of Genesis, as possessing that quality in an eminent degree : " God said let there be light, and there was light : — Let the...the contrary, in almost every instance, except that above mentioned, the latter possesses an indubitable right to pre-eminence. Our language, however,... | |
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... and without ornament. The most elegant critic of antiquity, Longinus, in his Treatise on the Sublime, adduces the following passage from the Book of Genesis, as possessing that quality in an eminent degree : " God said let there be light, and there... 
