 | Edward Daniel Clarke - 1824 - 630 頁
...great Northern army," the "day of darkness and of gloominess," spoken uf by JOEL; before whom "the land is as the Garden of Eden; and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is a« the appearance of horses; and as... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1829 - 414 頁
...inflammation ; the Arabs pretend the poison is only to be found on the inner coat of the intestines. Upper Egypt. A French traveller, who passed this place,...a large dish of them for a couple of piastres. But whether these are the quails of the Israelites or not, I cannot determine. Like all other migrating... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 頁
...finely described. " A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth. Before them the land is as the garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Equally fine is the call to arms, among men with whom iron was scarce : " Beat your ploughshares into... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 396 頁
...nor shall be any more forever. A fire devoureth before them, and behind a flame consumeth ; the land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them." So black and broad, as if cast from the shadow of a fallen angel's... | |
 | Samuel Sharpe - 1858 - 324 頁
...finely described : " A fire devonreth before them, and behind them a flame burneth. Before them the land is as the garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Equally fine is the call to arms, among men with whom iron was scarce : " Beat your ploughshares into... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1859 - 342 頁
...nor shall be any more for ever. A fire devoureth before them, and behind a flame consumeth ; the land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them." So black and broad, as if cast from the shadow of a fallen angel's... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 頁
...with those of modern travelers. They are ,spoken of as a " great army," and it is said that " the land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness"—a result often witnessed at the present day. The manner in which this insect army makes... | |
 | 1863 - 282 頁
...which darken heaven, and make the hearts of men to tremble. They devour every green thing in the land. Before them is as the garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate •wilderness. What now will give sustenance to the people? The hopes of the husbandman have perished. Must all the... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1864 - 404 頁
...with those of modern travelers. They are spoken of as a " great army," and it is said that " the land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness" — a result often witnessed at the present day. The manner in which this insect army makes its invasion... | |
 | 1866 - 586 頁
...of the two Scotchmen travelling to London on a witch's broomstick, with the inscription, ' The land before them is as the Garden of Eden, and behind them a desolate wilderness,' is one of the best of the witticisms provoked by the miso-Caledonian movement of that day. We cannot... | |
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... by them to a great extent. 447. The ravages of the Locust are often adverted to in the Bible, and the descriptions there given correspond with those of modern travelers. They are spoken of as a " great army," and it is said that " the land before... 
