 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the...  Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists - Page lxxvby Robert Dodsley, Aesop - 1765 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Blackwell - Mythology - 1748 - 456 pages
...them, Shall I leave my Wine, * which cheereth God and Man, and go to be ' promoted over the Trees ? Then faid all the * Trees unto the Bramble, Come thou and reign * over us. And the Bramble faid unto the Trees, * If in truth you anoint me King over you, then c come and put your truft in my Shadow ;... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1765 - 498 pages
...them, Should I leave my wine, which cheareth " God, and man, and go to be promoted over the *' trees ? Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, " Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble " faid unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me " king over you, then come and put your truft " in my fhadow: and... | |
 | Baldwin Janson - Dutch language - 1792 - 248 pages
...trouble and anxiety, and t» become king of the trees? we are happy in out prefent lot: f eek f ome other to reign over you, — Then faid all the trees...unto them, I will be your king ,• come ye all under my Jbadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I will grant you my protection. But if you obey me not, out of... | |
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...leave my •wine, win?, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow;... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1805 - 260 pages
...prefent lot: feek fome other to reign over you. Then faid all the Trees unto the Bramble, Come theu and reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ; come ye all under my fhadow, and be fafe; obey me, and I will grant you my'protection. But if you obey me not, out of... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 428 pages
...medicine. leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be 14 promoted over the trees ?* Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou [and] reign over us. The bramble, or thistle, was like Abimelech, a worthless, troublesome thing, Jit only to be burned... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...unto them, Should I leave my wine which cheereth every one,*nd go to be promoted over the trees ? 7. ...Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. Aad the bramble faid unto the trees, if in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come, and put your... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...over us. But the Vine faid alfo unto them, Shall I leave my wine, which honoureth God and cheereth man, to bring upon myfelf 'nothing but trouble and...unto them, I will be your king ; come ye all under my fhadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I will grant you my protection. But if you obey me not, out of... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees > 14 Then said ff the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred a 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...or man, and therefore refuse promotion. But the next offer is made to the scorning fool. " Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then conic and put your trust in my shadow,"... | |
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