For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents. and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Sermons, Various and Rare ... - Page 121685Full view - About this book
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 626 pages
...upon a somewhat similar occasion, the words of sacred writ, ' .every kind of beasts, and of birdsj and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind.' (St. James, iii.7.) And, by the way, let us use the license of a note, to remark that White's delightful... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents. and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the father;... | |
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...mischievous than even a serpent: " For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind ; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." James iii. 7, 8. — Let us ever be... | |
| Portier - 1828 - 528 pages
...assaying to do were drowned. James, 3. 7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind. 4. 8. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 1 Peter, 1. 22. Seeing... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1829 - 364 pages
...curiosity. An ancient author, though no naturalist, has well remarked, that " Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind."* It is a satisfaction to me to find that a green lizard has actually been procured for you in De>vonshire,... | |
| James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things 7 in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind : but the tongue 8 240 can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. There- 9 with bless we God, even... | |
| John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 pages
...most savage and murderous beasts. " For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : but the tongue can no man tame."6 Nothing short of divine power can bring it into due subjection. It is venomous as... | |
| Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...curiosity. An ancient author, though no naturalist, has well remarked, that " Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind."* It is a satisfaction to me to find that a green lizard has actually been procured for you in Devonshire,... | |
| John Bovee Dods - Sermons, American - 1832 - 222 pages
...nature, and is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly member full of deadly poison." The apostle, in the above quotation,... | |
| 1832 - 378 pages
...which itself is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue of man can no man tame; it is an OF REASON AND SCRIPTURE. 311 unruly evil, full of deadly poison,"... | |
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