 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 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.  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Sida 391redigerad av - 1835Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1901 - 392 sidor
...me, Yea, four which I know not : 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. Of course the wise men heap scorn upon the sluggard : who buries his hand in the dish, too lazy... | |
 | Thomas Fall - 1993 - 322 sidor
...for me; yea four which I know not: 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.' The Proverbs of Solomon." Again she said, "I do not understand." But again she vaguely did.... | |
 | William Gerber - 1994 - 260 sidor
...me, yea, four which I know not: "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." The Book of Proverbs ends with resounding praise of an upright woman. The paean is an acrostic,... | |
 | Theresa King - 1994 - 276 sidor
...me, yea, four that I know not of: 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.") It was amazing that the eyes in me could commune with a star, could notice its glow against... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1995 - 172 sidor
...indeed four which he does not know: the way of an eagle in the sky, 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 maiden. This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done... | |
 | Ezra Pound - 1996 - 380 sidor
...hand of God." Proverbs 30. 19: ' '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." Mr Hays . . . and Dorando Pietri: In the marathon at the London Olympic Games of 1908, Dorando... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 sidor
...for me, yea, four which I know not: 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. BIBLE: HEBREW, Proverbs, 30:18-19. From the oracle of Agur, son of Jakeh. 2 Curiouser and curiouser!... | |
 | Laurence Monroe Klauber - 1997 - 798 sidor
...for me, yea, four which I know not: 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." Proverbs xxx: 18-19." According to Chateaubriand (1856, p. 112) the snake has "neither fins,... | |
 | W. Jeffrey Bolster - 1997 - 360 sidor
...for me, yea, four which I know not; 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. PROVERBS 30: 18-19 IN THE TIME BEFORE STEAMSHIPS," remembered a nineteenth-century tar, "man-of-war's... | |
 | P. Paullette MacDougal - 1998 - 84 sidor
...closer). "Four things I know not: 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." GUS. Hey. I didn't mean to get personal. What brings you here? AURELIA. "As a bird wandereth... | |
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