Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. Philosophical Essays - Page 442by Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 615 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Keate - 1790 - 388 pages
...ordinary qualities of the horse are unseen and the terrible ones stand out in fearful prominence : — " Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in... | |
| William Jones - 1801 - 478 pages
...different modes of living. The horse excels in strength and courage. His aptness for war is finely touched in the book of Job — Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder f — He pcweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the armed men :... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...the very earth is scarce good enough for the proud and fiery steed as he neighs and plunges along. "Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible !" The very air... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - 1804 - 574 pages
...in the original plate, though from this passage some seem to have been intended. T. IV. THE HORSE. " HAST thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? " Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. " He paweth... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - 1804 - 562 pages
...in the original plate, though from this passage some seem to have been intended. T. IV. THE HOBSE. " HAST thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder : " Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper .' The glory of his nostrils is terrible. " He paweth... | |
| 1804 - 498 pages
...figured as it were, just as it appears in the eye of the Creator. God, speaking to Job, asks him, " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...understandmg. 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 19 Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils /i terrible. 21 He paweth... | |
| James Beattie - 1809 - 262 pages
...meaning expressive of human emotions, convey uncommon vivacity and elevation to the whole passage. " Hast thou 'given the horse strength? Hast " thou clothed his neck with thunder?" alluding, perhaps, either to the noise of cavalry advancing; or to their speed, which the poet insinuates... | |
| William Jones - 1810 - 502 pages
...different modes of living. The horse excels in strength and courage. His aptness for war is finely touched in the book of Job. — Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? — He paweth in the valley, andrejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the armed men : he... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 pages
...throne." " Tho* gentle pity claim her mingled part, " Yet all the thunders of the scene are thine!" The same word adds not a little to the effect of one...Job. " Hast " thou given the horse strength; hast thbu clothed his "neck with thunder?"* In the concluding stanza of one of Gray's odes, if the bard,... | |
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