 | William Nicholls - 1723 - 556 pages
...in the Proverbs, chap; Xxx. v. 19 and 2.0* There arc three Things which are too wonderful for tae, yea> four which I know not : The Way of an Eagle in the Air, the Way of a Serpent mon a Rock^, the Way of a Ship in the midfl of the Seaħ and the Way of a Man with 4 (Gnalmah or) Maid.... | |
 | Richard Griffith - 1772 - 270 pages
...climax, to the four wonderful things which he honeftly confefles himfelf to have been ignorant of — " The way of an eagle in " the air ; the way of a ferpent on a " rock ; the way of a fliip in the midft " of the fea ; and the way of a man 1? with a... | |
 | Jean Claude - 1788 - 564 pages
...on the other Adr, Reland. Paltfft. ii. 3. Here follows another example. Prov. xxx, 18, 19. 5 'here are three things, which are too wonderful for me ; yea four-, 'which I know not: the nvay of an eagle in the air—- the way of a ferpent upon a rock — the 'way of ajhip in the midft... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...mother; the ravens of the valley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles fhall eat it. 1 8 fl There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not ; 19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a ferpent upon a rock, the way of a fhip in the midft... | |
 | David Levi - 1789 - 174 pages
...obferves in the preceding verfe, " There be f three (things which) are too wonderful for me, " yea, four I know not: the way of an eagle in " the air ; the way of a ferpent upon the rock ; *' the way of a fhip in the midft of the fea; and 'c the way of a man with... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1804 - 670 pages
...perhaps a greater number, was intended. We find the fame phrafeology in the book of Proverbs, xxx, 18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea four which I kno^u not v. 21, For three things the earth is disquiet" ed, and for four -which it cannot bear, and... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pages
...obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick out, and the young eagles shall eat it. There be three things which are too wonderful for me ; yea, four which I know not!i :the way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; the way of a jfo/> in the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...most obscure and unaccountable ? 18 he answers, There be three [things which] are too wonderful for 19 me, yea, four which I know not : The way of an eagle in the air, that files high and strong ; the way of a serpent Upon a rock, that -without feel climbs up rocks ;... | |
 | 1809 - 556 pages
...reach ; nay, a fourth, which is the most unaccountable of all the rest. See Arg. [ij Ver. 19. I be way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rod', the way of a ship in the midit of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.~\ First, the wonderful... | |
 | William Huntington - 1809 - 592 pages
...from thwarting your hawfe. And now, Reader, I fhall leave thee to the direction of him who knows < the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a ferpent on a rock, and. and the way of a fhip in the midft of the fea;* Prov. xxx. 19. Confequently... | |
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 
