 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they -were not hers: her labour is in vain without...  The Ladies' Repository - Seite 4281867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 542 Seiten
...natural. The verfe is the 1 3th of the 39th chapter, and is thus tranflated in our vcrlion : " Gaveft thou the goodly wings " unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers " unto the oftrich ?" or, according to the marginal tranflation of the laft claufe, " the " feathers of the ftork... | |
 | 1788 - 598 Seiten
...3 GaveJl thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks f 289 Of wings and feathers unto the oftrich ? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the duft, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crufh them, or that the wild beaft may break them. 1 6 She... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 Seiten
...difplays, And flowly moves amid the waving blaze. VE R. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. GAVEST THOU WINGS AND FEATHERS UNTO THE OSTRICH? WHICH LEAVETH...HER EGGS IN THE EARTH, AND WARMETH THEM IN THE DUST j AND FORGETTETH THAT THE FOOT MAY CRUSH THEM, OR THAT THE WILD BEAST MAY BREAK THEM. SHE IS HARDNED... | |
 | James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - 384 Seiten
...greater majefty. GaveJ} thou the goodly wingi unto the peacock ? or wings and feathers unto the 9/lrich ? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dufl ; and forgetteth that the foot may crujh them, or that the wild heajl may hreak thejn—Doth the... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 486 Seiten
...void of that ro%yn, that instinctive tenderness, which other creatures feel for their offspring, — which leaveth her eggs. in the earth, and warmeth...forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers: her... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...and then permitted the young to fhift . jr themfelves. Even the author of the book of Job alludes to the Ostrich, • " which leaveth her eggs in the earth,...forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers : her... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 362 Seiten
...the sacred writings ; for in the thirty-ninth chapter of the book of Job, we read, that the "ostrich leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in...forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers : her... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 Seiten
...ot meat. 8....Gaveft thou the goodly wingsuntoihe peacock ? or wings and feathers unto the pfirich ? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the duft, and forgetteth ihat the foot may crufhthem, or that the. wild beaft may break them. She is hardened... | |
 | 1809 - 556 Seiten
...doors, till thou hast prevailed with him to bring it home, and lay it in thy barn ? Ver. 1 3 . Caves t thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks ? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ?] Have other birds any reason to complain that they are not so goodly as the ostrich ; whose wing... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...creatures feel for their offspring, — which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in»the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers : her... | |
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