 And Elijah said to his servant, Go up now, and look towards the sea; and he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times; and it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out...  Tom Cringle's Log - Page 177by Michael Scott - 1834 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John S. Rickard - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 258 pages
...alludes to the Old Testament book of Kings, where Elijah's servant informs him of the appearance of a "little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand" (I Kings 18.44), which Elijah recognizes as "the cloud which will break the drought he himself had brought... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - England - 2003 - 472 pages
...painting by him. a professional fisher of men: see note to p. 56. a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand: 'Behold there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand' (i Kings 18: 44). It foretells a storm. 211 erysipelas: a fever accompanied by a deep red rash. Also known... | |
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