Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it. The Yale Literary Magazine - Pagina 2931844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1849 - 612 pagina’s
...quotation : " Look upon the rainbow ; praise HIM that made it. Very beautiful it is in the brightnes» thereof! It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle; and the hands of the MOST Hion have bended it I* ' Very rarely has WHITEFIELD been excelled in the ability to seize and apply... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 pagina’s
...rainbow, and praise Him that made it very beautiful it is in its brightness ; it encompasses the haavens with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." — Son of Sirach.] a [An instrument, invented by Sir David Brewster, which pleases the eye by an ever-varying... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 pagina’s
...rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beautiful it is in its brightness ; it encompasses the heavens with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." Having thus spoken of that greatness which affects the mind in architecture, I might next show the... | |
| Claude Reignier Conder - 1879 - 264 pagina’s
...the magnificent description in the Wisdom of Sirach of the works of God — " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it ; very beautiful it is...brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about in a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." — Ecclus. xliii. n, 12. Such... | |
| Andrew Wilson - 1879 - 450 pagina’s
...Nor may we for the same reason undervalue the imagery of the Preacher, because he maintains that " it compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." Because the rainbow is not " Made up of tears and light," there is nevertheless no questioning the... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1880 - 1434 pagina’s
...its perfect shapeliness of outline, an earnest, a foretaste of the good things that were in store. ' It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it.' He never wearied of repeating these words ; which are indeed very great words — simply realistic,... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1880 - 374 pagina’s
...its perfect shapeliness of outline, an earnest, a foretaste of the good things that were in store. "It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." He never wearied of repeating these words ; which are indeed very great words — simply realistic,... | |
| Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 pagina’s
...rainbow, and praise Him that made it ; very beautiful it is in its brightness ; it encompasses the heavens with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it.' Addison, Spectator, No. 415. RAINBOW. IN the midst of my annoyances from the rain and storm, I was... | |
| John Moxon Clabon - 1881 - 164 pagina’s
...upon the rainbow/' said the son of Sirach, " and praise Him that made it ; very beautiful it is in tbe brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about...circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it." The rainbow is more than a thing of beauty. It is the token of a promise made by God to man — that... | |
| Claude Reignier Conder - 1881 - 232 pagina’s
...the magnificent description in the Wisdom of Sirach of the works of God—" Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it; very beautiful it is...brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about in a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it."— Ecclus. xliii. II, 12. Such... | |
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