 ... honour for twenty shekels of silver, to a worker in graven images; that the images he had purchased had profited him nothing; that they could not be transported across the wilderness, and had been burnt with fire at Shusan...  The Sermons of Mr. Yorick - Page 88by Laurence Sterne - 1767 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Several Hands - 1766 - 596 pages
...fire at Shufan ; that the apes and peacocks*, which he had fentfor from Tharfis, lay dead upon bis hands; and that the mummies had not been dead long...brought him out of Egypt : that all had gone wrong fmce the eay he forfook his father's houfe. . ' Leave the ftory it will be told more concifely. . .... | |
 | English literature - 1766 - 520 pages
...burnt with fire at Shufan ; that the apes and peacocks, which he had fent for from Tharfis, laxdead upon his hands ; and that the mummies had not been dead long enough, which had bv.en brought him out of Egypt : that all had gone wrong fmce the day he forfook his father's houfe.'... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - Electronic books - 1776 - 198 pages
...apes and pea* * Vide 2 Chronicles ix. 21. VOL. III. I V. cocks, which he had fent for from Tharfis, lay dead upon his hands ; and that the mummies had...fince the day he forfook his father's houfe. Leave the flory, it will be told more concifely. When he was yet afar off, his father faw him, > Companion told... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1803 - 476 pages
...been burnt with fire at Shufan; — that the * apes and peacocks, which he had font for from Tarfis, lay dead upon his hands; and that the mummies had...brought him out of Egypt: — that all had gone wrong fincc the day he forfook his father's houfe? Leave the ftory ; — it will be told more concifely.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 566 pages
...the mummies had"not been dead long enough, which bad1 * A7idc 1. Chronicles ix. II. 243 heen oronght him out of Egypt : - that all had gone wrong fince the day he forfook his father's Iioufe ? —Leave the ftory, - it will be told more contiAy.—Wbenbe was yet afar off, bis father... | |
 | Johnson Grant - Great Britain - 1820 - 638 pages
...whole city with the balm of Gilead : that the apes and peacocks, which he had sent for from Tarshish, lay dead upon his hands ; and that the mummies had...long enough, which had been brought him out of Egypt ?" VOL. IV. C the Figurative Language of Scripture, is one of the most interesting tracts that can... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 500 pages
...and had been burnt with fire at Shusan ? that the apes and peacocks which he had sent for from Tarsus lay dead upon his hands, and that the mummies had not been dead long enough which he had brought him out of Egypt ?" — What a catalogne of expensive luxuries ! With meet andiences... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 506 pages
...and had been burnt with fire at Shusun ? that the apes and peacocks which he had sent for from Tarsus lay dead upon his hands, and that the mummies had not been dead long enough which he had brought him out of Egypt ?" — What a catalogue of expensive luxuries ! With meet audiences... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1858 - 436 pages
...been burnt with fire at Shushan; that the apes and peacocks,* which he had sent for from Tarshish, lay dead upon his hands; and that the mummies had...brought him out of Egypt; —that all had gone wrong since the day he forsook his father's house. Leave the story: it will be told more concisely. " When... | |
 | Christian classics - 1858 - 870 pages
...been burnt with fire at Shushan ; that the apes and peacocks,* which he had sent for from Tarshish, lay dead upon his hands; and that the mummies had...long enough which had been brought him out of Egypt; • Vt'kl Cl.ren. ix. 21. — that all had guu« wrong since the day he forsook his fc&er't house.... | |
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