...complains, that he was for many years exposed to similar hardships in the plains of Mesopotamia ; " In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night."" Nothing assuredly was remoter from the design of Volney, a proud and insolent enemy of revelation,...

...require it, whether stolen by day, I witness betwixt me and thee. or stolen by night 40 Thus 1 was ; san `. 41 Thus have I been twenty 51 And Laban sakl to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold (/»• pillar,...

...of bmy hand didst thou re- ^E quire it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters,...

...to night. Jacob I believe gave a pretty correct account of the business, when he said, " thus I was in the day, the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes." The medicinal waters which Bagnieres furnishes, belong to the wonders of nature. There are nine or...

...to mind Jacob's spirited remonstrance with his father-in-law, Laban, when in a similar situation. ' In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night.' They were all huddled round the fire, when a soldier gave the alarm of robbers. They were up in arms...

...to mind Jacob's spirited remonstrance with his father-in-law, Laban, when in a similar situation. " In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night."* " They were all huddled round the fire, when a soldier gave the alarm of robbers. They were up in arms...

...loss of it. Of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus 1 was, in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes."* " And he said unto him, my lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with...

...hardships in feeding and watching the flock; and they might say, in the language of Jacob, •' by day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my deep departed from mine eyes," (Gen. xxxi. 40.) But this right of maintenance did not rest merely on...

...of it; of my hand didst thou require it, mheAtr stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Tkiu I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house : I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters,...

...so heated by the sun's rays, (although the nights are cold,*) that I find it too hot * Thus I was ; .in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from my eyes. — (Genesis xxxi. 40.) " In Europe the days and nights resemble each other, with respect...