 representative of those forests of Lebanon so celebrated in the Hebrew Scriptures. To the sacred writers, the cedar was the noblest of trees, the monarch of the vegetable kingdom. Solomon "spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon even unto...  A Compendium of American Literature - Page 500by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 740 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 428 pages
...about. 32 And he fpake three thoufand PROVERBS : and his SONGS were a thoufand and five. 33 And he fpake of Trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the Hyflbp that fpringeth out of the Wall : He fpake alfo of Beafts, and of Fowl, and of creeping Things,... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...32 And he fpake three thoufand PROVERBS : and his SONGS were a thoufand and five. 3 3 And he fpake of Trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the Hyflbp that fpringeth out of the Wall: He fpake alfo of Beads, and of Fowl, and of creeping Things,'and... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 412 pages
...reafon of all civil laws and conftitutions, and give an account of the hiftory of all ages ; could fpeak of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyflap that fprings cut of the wall; and ofbeafts alfo, and of fowls,, and of creeping things, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 342 pages
...in " Jerufalem : yea my heart had great experience of " wifdom and knowledge." Ver. 16. " He fpake of trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in " Lebanon, even unto the Hyflbp that fpringeth out " of the wall: he fpake alfo of beafts, and of fowl, " and of creeping things,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...in " Jerufalem : yea my heart had great experience of " wifdom and knowledge." Ver. 16. "'He fpake of trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in " Lebanon, even unto the Hyflbp that fpringeth out " of the wall: he fpake alfo of bealb, and of fowl, " and of creeping things,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1028 pages
...Jerufalem: yea my heart had great experience of - - “Wifdom and knowledge.” Ver. i6. “He fpake of trees, from the Cedar-tree that is in, “Lebanon, even unto the Hyffip that fpringeth out “of the wall: ‘he fpake alSo of beaSts, and of fowl, “and of creeping... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1803 - 582 pages
...the luxuries of" life. SOLOMON, the king of Israel, we are told, spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the ivall:—he spake? also, of beasts, and of birds, and, qf creeping things, and of fishes." And, if... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 714 pages
....now in proverbs.. .and speak of beasts, fowls, fishes, reptiles, and " of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall." He will, in fine, trarHck with the merchant.. ..contrive with the. artisan.. ..plough lands... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1806 - 406 pages
...three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and.five songs: that he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop, that springeth, out of the wall, also of beasts, and of fowl, and of every creeping things, and of fishes, ver. 32, 33. Some of... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1813 - 550 pages
...nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes." The children of... | |
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