 | Bible - 1799 - 224 pages
...the seventh day, when the given time for the reply was about to expire, the guests said to him : — What is sweeter than honey ? And what is stronger than a lion ? Judges xiv. 18. And now commenced the fierce struggle between Samson and the Philistines. Convinced... | |
 | Job Orton - Bible - 1805 - 430 pages
...twprtnrtfc. 'Has wojwa rvcrcuc tneir net jive him occasion to tell :Ue §cory on which it was grounded. and [what] is stronger than a lion ? And he said unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle ; if ye had not made use of my wife's assistance,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 428 pages
...her neighbours, whom she loved and feared more than her husband, IS And the men of the city said unfo him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey ? * The first part of the opposition is plain, but not the second ; weakness is ppppsed to strength,... | |
 | Laurence Howel - Bible - 1807 - 588 pages
...immediately told it to those young men, who came to Samson at the end of the seven days, and said; " What is sweeter " than honey, and what is stronger than a lion ?" Samson was convinced that his wife had discovered the secret ; for, he knew he had told it to no... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...told her, because she lay sore upon him : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 it stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, Ifye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...partial, changeful, passionate, unjust ; Whose attributes were rage, revenge, or lust." — Pope. " What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion?" A circumstance of importance, though no more than an Imperfect Phrase, may be set off with a Comma... | |
 | John Smith - Latin language - 1812 - 216 pages
...Godt partial, changeful, passionate, unjust ; Whose attributes were rage, revenge, and lust," POPE. '* What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion?" Judges xiv. 18. When words are placed in opposition to each o lur, or with some marked variety, they... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...Gods, partial, changeful, passionate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revtnge, or lust.' Pope. ' What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion?' A circumstance of importance, though no more than an imperfect phrase, may be set off witli a comma... | |
 | Early printed books - 1815 - 872 pages
...the people. • 18,So on that day, before the supper, or the sun's light departed, they said to him, What is sweeter than honey; and what is stronger than a lion? But he replied, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 19. Then the spirit... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...her, because she lay sore upon him : «'• and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 ife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, ilwt ye should be guilty. 2 it sweeter than honev? and what is stronger than a lion? And ne said unto them, If ye had not plowed... | |
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What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion? 
