 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace ; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts...  Essays of Elia - Page 252by Charles Lamb - 1835 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. In nd extending beyond the other. Its primary and nearer object, David, God's anointed king to crush plaister of the wall of the king's palace ; and the king saw part of the hand that wrote. Then the... | |
 | Samuel Hinds - Religious poetry - 1834 - 96 pages
...spectre, terrible yet vain — It may arise indeed and live again. B2 DANIEL V. 5, 25. "IN THE SAMI: HOUR CAME FORTH FINGERS OF A MAN'S HAND, AND WROTE OVER AGAINST THE CANDLESTICK UPON THE PLAISTER OF THE WALL OF THE KING'S PALACE ; AND THE KING SAW THE PART OF THE HAND THAT WROTE AND THIS... | |
 | Richard Westall, John Martin - 1835 - 208 pages
...drank wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone ; in the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand,...and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote*." Belshazzar, confounded at the sight of so unexpected a phenomenon, summoned all the diviners, astrologers... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1835 - 184 pages
...Babylon, trembled when there came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote upon the wall his doom. " Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts...troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against another." Think of that, you who buy and sell the bodies and... | |
 | John Collins McCabe - American poetry - 1835 - 204 pages
...came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster cf the wall of the King's palace ; and the King saw the part of the hand that wrote. — DANIEL v. 5. The wine-cup is sparkling, the jest goeth round, The timbrel is heard through the... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - 1835 - 908 pages
...concubines;" spending the night in luxury and debauchery. A hand writes three words upon the wall, and the king's countenance " was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his knees were loosed, and his knees smote one against another." Consider the despair and the ruin of the... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1835 - 764 pages
...words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him ; and on Belshazzar, in the midst of his feast, whose countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. How oft is the candle of the wicked put out, and how... | |
 | John Collins McCabe - American poetry - 1835 - 204 pages
...last pray'r, — " God bless my native place !" BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster cf the wall of the King's palace; and the King saw the part of the hand that wrote.— DANIEL v. 5.... | |
 | Francis Augustus Cox - Bible - 1836 - 246 pages
...Alexandrine and Coptic versions, which add, " but the everlasting God they praised not." 5. — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand,...and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote, 6. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - Congregational churches - 1836 - 516 pages
...suffered his lords, his wives, and concubines to drink in them. Yet in that same hour, came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king 's palace ; the king saw the part of the hand, .that wrote. And the king's countenance was changed,... | |
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