In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern... Selections of Edmund Burke - Page 56by Edmund Burke - 1909 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1764 - 458 pages
...its bounds; but to fee an objedl diftinctly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a paflage in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...with a cold chill of horror, and the hair of his flesh stands erect, and thus he describes it : — " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...bounds ; but to lee an object diftinctly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a pafTuge in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...its bounds; but to fee an object diftinctly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a pafllige in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pages
...its bounds; but to fee an object diftinctly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore ' another name for a little idea. There is a paffage in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Freeman of Dublin - Ireland - 1800 - 674 pages
...bounds ; but to fee an objeft diftinftly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a paffage in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...with surprising art through the whole scene. There is a fine touch of this nature in Job iv. 13. " In " thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep " sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trem" bling, which made all my bones to shake : Then a " spirit passed... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 366 pages
...bounds ; but to fee an object diftinctly, and to perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a paffage in the book of Job amazingly lublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 366 pages
...bounds ; but to fee an object diftinctly, and to. perceive its bounds, is one and the fame thing. A clear idea is therefore another name for a little idea. There is a paffage in the book of Job amazingly fublime, and this fublimity is principally due to the terrible... | |
| Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...parallel among the Greek or Roman poets. They bring to mind that noble description in the book of Job : "In thoughts from the " visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on " men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which " made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed... | |
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