 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the...  Trees in Prose and Poetry - Page 73edited by - 1902 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Blackwell - Mythology - 1748 - 456 pages
...Shall I leave my Wine, * which cheereth God and Man, and go to be ' promoted over the Trees ? Then faid all the * Trees unto the Bramble, Come thou and reign * over us. And the Bramble faid unto the Trees, * If in truth you anoint me King over you, then c come and put your truft in my... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...king of the trees ? we are happy in our prefent lot : -feek fome other to reign over you. Then faid all the trees unto the Bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ; come ye all under myfhadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I will... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1765 - 498 pages
...I leave my wine, which cheareth " God, and man, and go to be promoted over the *' trees ? Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, " Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble " faid unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me " king over you, then come and put your truft " in... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 520 pages
...come and fhel» * Judg. viii. ad fin. » Judg. ix. ver, 7, adzi. ter themfelves under its fhadows; if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon." Some interpreters fuppofe, that by the olive, the figtree, and the vine, he alluded to Othniel, Deborah,... | |
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 696 pages
..." And the Bramble faid if in truth ye.annoint " me King, come and put your truft in nrty " fhadow, and if not, let fire come out of " the Bramble and devour the Cedars of La•" baiion : The fire of the Bramble, (fo fhort and momentary in the Eaftern Countries,) was to... | |
 | Baldwin Janson - Dutch language - 1792 - 248 pages
...king of the trees? we are happy in out prefent lot: f eek f ome other to reign over you, — Then faid all the trees unto the Bramble, Come thou, and. reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ,• come ye all under my Jbadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...Should I leave my •wine, win?, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou...of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. And Jotham ran away and fled for fear of Abimelech his brother. When Abimelech reigned three years... | |
 | George Bennet - Intermediate state - 1800 - 442 pages
...power and protection. To trust in the shadow of Egypt, means to rely on the protection of Pharoah. " If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in the shadow of my wings," were the words of the bramble to the trees, which had assembled to elect a... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 428 pages
...and medicine. leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be 14 promoted over the trees ?* Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou [and] reign over us. The bramble, or thistle, was like Abimelech, a worthless, troublesome thing, Jit only to be burned... | |
 | Job Orton - Bible - 1805 - 430 pages
...and medicine. leave roy vine, which cheereth Gad and man, and go to be li promoted over the trees ?s Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou [and] reign over «s. The bramUe, or thistle, wax like MimelecH, a worthless, troublesome thing, JU only to be burned... | |
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