Biblical IdylsRichard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1905 - 149 pages |
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Page xxx
... Sarah was of beauty so surpassing that a fiend loved her , and caused the death of the seven men who successively had been given her for husbands , strangling each as they entered the bridal chamber . This mysterious doom , we must ...
... Sarah was of beauty so surpassing that a fiend loved her , and caused the death of the seven men who successively had been given her for husbands , strangling each as they entered the bridal chamber . This mysterious doom , we must ...
Page xxxi
... Sarah's first impulse at the cruel suggestion was suicide . But she bethought her how she was an only child , and such a deed would bring down her loved parents with sorrow to the grave . So she also was driven to the prayer of Job ...
... Sarah's first impulse at the cruel suggestion was suicide . But she bethought her how she was an only child , and such a deed would bring down her loved parents with sorrow to the grave . So she also was driven to the prayer of Job ...
Page xxxii
... travel : the terror of Tobias when , as they approach their destination , the mysterious guide announces his purpose to marry the youth to the notori- ous Sarah . Tobias urges against the dangerous honour that xxxii Introduction.
... travel : the terror of Tobias when , as they approach their destination , the mysterious guide announces his purpose to marry the youth to the notori- ous Sarah . Tobias urges against the dangerous honour that xxxii Introduction.
Page xxxiii
... Sarah works off the anxiety of waiting by digging a grave , to be prepared for all emer- gencies . But bride and bridegroom are found unharmed , and the wedding feast is kept up with magnificence for a whole fortnight , the holder of ...
... Sarah works off the anxiety of waiting by digging a grave , to be prepared for all emer- gencies . But bride and bridegroom are found unharmed , and the wedding feast is kept up with magnificence for a whole fortnight , the holder of ...
Page 93
... Sarah the daughter of Raguel in Ecbatana of Media , that she also was reproached by her father's maidservants ; because that she had been given to seven husbands , and Asmodæus the evil spirit slew them , before they had lain with her ...
... Sarah the daughter of Raguel in Ecbatana of Media , that she also was reproached by her father's maidservants ; because that she had been given to seven husbands , and Asmodæus the evil spirit slew them , before they had lain with her ...
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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