| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1722 - 364 pages
...the apple of his eye. As tin eagle flirreth ' '• up her neft, fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth abroad her wings ; taketh them ; beareth them on her wings : So the Iz Lord alone did lead him ; and there was no ftrange God with him. He made him ride on the high places... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1722 - 360 pages
...as the apple of his eye. As an eagle ftirreth > Iup her neft, fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth abroad her •wings ; taketh them ; beareth them on her wings : So the i>. Lord alone did lead him ; and there was no flrange God with him. He made him ride on the high places... | |
| English literature - 742 pages
...him as the apple of his eye. " As an eagle ftirreth up her neft, fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her..."So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no ftrange God with him. Deut. xxxii. ver. 9, 10, ri, ta." The reafon why eagles, who have not the fibres... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and soli.t citude of GOD for his favourites expressed! ' As the eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,...beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !' On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; ' I will be unto them as a... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and solicitude of Cod for his favourites expressed ! " As the eagle stirreth up " her nest, fluttereth over her...beareth them " on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !" On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; "I will be unto them as a lion,... | |
| Children - 530 pages
...him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her yonng, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : so the Lord alone did lead him, there was no strange god with him." How affecting the similitudes, the epithets of tenderness, protection,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 334 pages
...and solicitude of GOD for his favourites expressed ! ' As the eagle stirreth up her nest, flutteretl! over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh...beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !' On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described ; ' I will be unto them as a... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 544 pages
...eagle ' 1 Cor. x. 9. k Ibuiah Ixiii. 9. slirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadetfa abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead him." Can any thing present a more beautiful idea to the mind? Can anv image whatever more forcibly impress... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirreth " up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spread" eth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth " them on her wings ; so the Lord alone leads, " defends, and saves" those, who " trust in His '' defence, through the might of Jesus Christ... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 528 pages
...catches them on her wings, a«id carries them back to their nest. In reference to this it is added, " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead him." Can any thing present a more beautiful idea to the mind? Can any image whatever more forcibly impress... | |
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