 | John Milton - 1795 - 260 pages
...Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against thee, Pharoah king of Egypt, the great dragon which iieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself." More harden'd after thaiv,J For ice >varmed gently into a thaw,is mademore rcceptiveot those saline... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...plenty. This allusion is taken from that sublime passage in Ezekiel : 'Thus saith the Lord God, Behold 1 am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great...river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.' Milton has given us another very noble and poetical image in the same description, which is copied... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...from whence Egypt derives her plenty. This allusion is taken from that sublime passage in Ezekiel; "Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against thee,...river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. " Milton has given us another very noble and poetical image in the same description, which is copied... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1806 - 416 pages
...man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,* and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt : 3 Speak, and say. Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Behold,...river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself. In this beautiful Jigure he is compared to a crocodile, for which the Mle was famous ; he used to say,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1806 - 416 pages
...from hence the vanity of self love and VV applause. Something like Pharaoh's insolent language, v. 3. My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself, is very common among men ; they express great pride in what they call their property ; this substance,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...shall they enjoy a quiet rest, in my Church, which I have appropriated to them. So verse 26. V. XXIX. 3 Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt,...hath, said, My river is mine own, and I have made iifor myself. Behold, lam thy professed enemy, O Pharaoh, the proud king of Egypt ; who, like a great... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 382 pages
...plenty. This allusion is taken from that sublime passage in Ezekiel: ' Thus saith the Lord God, Be. hold I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great...rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I havu made it for myself,' Milton has given us another very noble and poetical image in the same description,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 398 pages
...in Ezekiel : ' Thus s.iith the Lord God, Behold I am against (hue, Pharaoh king of Kgypt, (he groat dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, •which hath said, My river is mine own, and I havti made it for myself.' Milton has given us another' very noble and poetical image in the same descrip.... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - Egypt - 1810 - 418 pages
...blindly trusted. The prophet Ezekiel is accordingly ordered to set his face against Pharaoh king of Egypt .—Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against...river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. > Behold therefore, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 388 pages
...from whence Egypt derives her plenty. This allusion is taken from that sublime passage in Ezekiel : ' Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against thee,...river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.' Milton has given us another very noble and poetical image in the same description, which is copied... | |
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Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 
