 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - Bible - 1826 - 394 pages
...answered. And they leaped upon the altar." Elijah therefore mocked them and said, " Cry alond, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried alond, and cat themselves... | |
 | Catholic emancipation - 1826 - 190 pages
...importunate addresses of his besotted priests, when Elijah mocked them and said, "cryaloud, " for Baal is a God ; either he is talking, or he "is pursuing, or he is in a journey, orperadven" ture he sleepeth, and must be awaked."—Nothing is more galling to people,... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...1 Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Homer's deities are represented travelling, disputing, fighting, feasting,... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - English language - 1828 - 84 pages
...challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, he mocked them, and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Hyperbole, gives us the highest idea of an object, and magnifies it... | |
 | Mark Beaufoy (of the Coldstream guards.) - 1828 - 354 pages
...seen reeling homewards with their weekly supply of rockets and powder, for various sacred and ex* " Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened." 1 Kings, xviii. 27. liilarating occasions; and those articles are... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Crv aloud: for that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, wh in a journey, or peradventure ne sleepeth, ana must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepclh, and must be awaked." excellent interpreter of the law !... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...purpose of enforcing the observation. Thus:— "Cry aloud," says Elijah,—"for he is a God!—Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey; peradventure he sleepeth and must be awakened." NOTE. Irony may be employed in almost every species... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 708 pages
...in the bible. Elijah was bitterly sarcastic when he said to the prophets of Baal, " Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The inspired preacher employs irony on a most solemn subject, when he... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - Jews - 1829 - 350 pages
...mute and still, the altar cold and unkindled. Elijah began to taunt them. Cry aloud, (he said) for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peraaventure he sleepeth and must be awaked. Still as the orb began to descend, they continued to chaunt... | |
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Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
