| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 páginas
...not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame...desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them. « 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 páginas
...the most particular description of the locust in the sacred writings, is that in Joel ii. 3 — 10. 'A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame...them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, nothing shall escape them, &c. This is, perhaps, one of the most striking and animated pictures to... | |
| George Rapall Noyes - 1833 - 306 páginas
...been none of old time, And after them there shall not be, Even to the years of many generations, a A fire devoureth before them, And behind them a flame...them, And behind them a desolate wilderness ! Yea, nothing escapeth them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, And like horsemen do they... | |
| Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 páginas
...feast on the slain. — Travek, vol. ii. p. 148. their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations. In Arabia the locusts... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 páginas
...foliage. So justly have they been compared by the prophet to a great army ; who further observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before, them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Mr. Morier says, " On the llth of June, while seated in our tents about noon, we heard a very unusual... | |
| Miss S Waring - 1833 - 252 páginas
...not without leaving mournful traces of their visits. It might almost be said of them, " The land was as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." After some time had passed, the persecuted Protestants, finding all was quiet, ventured to steal forth... | |
| Susanna Boone - 1833 - 262 páginas
...not without leaving mournful traces of their visits. It might almost be said of them, " The land was as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." After some time had passed, the persecuted Protestants, finding all was quiet, ventured to steal forth... | |
| 1834 - 532 páginas
...poisonous, caustic, or bitter plants, as well as the juicy and nutritive, are equally consumed ; and thus " the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." It seems as if nothing could appease their devouring hunger, and the energy and activity they exhibit,... | |
| Andrew Crichton - 1834 - 436 páginas
...for their use. No pen has so beautifully depicted their ravages as that of the Prophet Joel : — " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness."* Africa, Egypt, Persia, and the whole of Asia, are subject to their visitations. In Arabia the locusts... | |
| James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 páginas
...clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning opened upon the mountains : a great people and a strong. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame...behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shaH escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen so shall they... | |
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