The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 7Richard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1899 |
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... Haman , it might seem necessary to classify the book as epic , if not as formal history . On the other hand , the instrument of deliverance is a girl , newly raised from her quiet life with her cousin and guardian Mordecai to the throne ...
... Haman , it might seem necessary to classify the book as epic , if not as formal history . On the other hand , the instrument of deliverance is a girl , newly raised from her quiet life with her cousin and guardian Mordecai to the throne ...
Page xxviii
... Haman and herself may banquet together . Instinct seems to have taught her that against all the power of Haman and the king she must fight with the attraction of her beauty ; and by the banquet of the three Esther is bringing to bear ...
... Haman and herself may banquet together . Instinct seems to have taught her that against all the power of Haman and the king she must fight with the attraction of her beauty ; and by the banquet of the three Esther is bringing to bear ...
Page 70
... was written in the book of the chronicles before the king . 2 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite , and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes that were 70 Esther Biblical.
... was written in the book of the chronicles before the king . 2 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite , and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes that were 70 Esther Biblical.
Page 71
... Haman , to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand : for he had told them that he was a Jew . And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down , nor did him reverence , then was Haman full of wrath . But he thought scorn to lay hands ...
... Haman , to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand : for he had told them that he was a Jew . And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down , nor did him reverence , then was Haman full of wrath . But he thought scorn to lay hands ...
Page 72
... Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite , the Jews ' enemy . And the king said unto Haman , The silver is given to thee , the people also , to do with them as it seemeth good to thee . Then were the king's scribes called in the first ...
... Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite , the Jews ' enemy . And the king said unto Haman , The silver is given to thee , the people also , to do with them as it seemeth good to thee . Then were the king's scribes called in the first ...
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alms angel Antique Metre antistrophe art thou Azarias banquet Bath-rabbim beauty begat Behold beloved blessed Boaz Book Book of Esther brethren bride BRIDEGROOM brother Brother Azarias buried captive child daughter in law daughters of Jerusalem dialogue dramatic dream Ecbatana epic Esther the queen flock Gabael gave give gladness glean Haman Hammedatha hath heart Hebrew honour husband Israel Jerusalem Jews king Ahasuerus KING SOLOMON king's gate kinsman Lebanon Lord lyric idyl maiden mercy Moab month Adar mother in law myrrh Naomi Nineveh passage poem poetry princes Purim Raguel Raphael rejoice righteous royal Ruth Sarah shew Shulammite Shushan the palace smell Solomon's Song sons soul loveth spake story Strophes Strophes of three symbolism thereof Thine eyes things thou art fair thou hast thou shalt three strains Tobias Tobit tribe tribe of Naphtali unto Esther unto the king Vashti vineyard wedding feast wife wine women words young Zeresh
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Page 15 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 119 - The voice of my beloved ! behold he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 45 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Page 17 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 41 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, And the pomegranates bud forth: There will I give thee my loves.
Page 31 - His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Page 11 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 46 - SOLOMON had a vineyard at Baal-hamon ; he let out the vineyard unto keepers ; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. MY VINEYARD, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Page 8 - I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 54 - And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab ; And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.