O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was... The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Seite 67von Jonathan Swift - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Idumaea - 1799 - 204 Seiten
...to-morrow we die." The voice from Petra awakens the thoughtful reader to say, " O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united." A conspicuous object, called the Deir, or Convent, next claims attention. The defile which leads to... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 310 Seiten
...it is not you who are appointed to commit them, this is not your calling. 0 my soul, come not thou into their secret, unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united, Gen. xlix. 6. But, when temptations are surmountable, when God offers to assist us to surmount them,... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 Seiten
...Simeon and Levi are brethren : instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,...! for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce : and their wrath, for... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 314 Seiten
...have given for such a return of brotherly love, I shall not inquire : " for O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,...For, in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it... | |
| 1875 - 610 Seiten
...: Instruments of violence are their swords (or plans). Come not thou, my soul, into their council ; Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united ; For in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they houghed oxen. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, And their... | |
| William Huntington - 1804 - 606 Seiten
...colleagues ? Yes. And my dear friend Mr. Barston has been led away by them. " Oh, my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united." — p. 27. ANSW. — The reading of this may possibly have made a serious impression upon the minds... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 Seiten
...Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instruments of cruefty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly ', mine honour, be not thou united ; cursed be their anger, for it toasjierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide (hem... | |
| Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 Seiten
...be disposed to say with good old Jacob respecting his two sons abovementioned, My soul come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united. A firm and enlightened moderation is an essential character of true patriotism : and it is around this... | |
| Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 Seiten
...were brethren in iniquity : instruments of cruelty were in their habitations : O my soul come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour,...united : for in their anger they slew a man, £ and in these words of Jacob in a prophetic sense ; foretelling what he and his posterity should do : and through... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 Seiten
...Levi are brethren, instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. Ver. 6. O my soul come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour,...thou united : for in their anger they slew a man. Ch. xxxiv. 26. Ver. 7. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce, and their wrath for it was cruel. See... | |
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