 God had placed them, met together to choofe and to anoint a king ever them : and they faid to the Olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the Olive-tree faid unto, them, Shall I quit my fatnefs wherewith God and man is honoured, to difquiet myfelf with the...  A Grammar of the Dutch Language - Page 181by Baldwin Janson - 1792 - 231 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...following manner. Hearken unto me, yc men of Shechem, fo may God hearken unto^a«. The trees, grown veary of the ftate of freedom and equality in which God had placed them, met together to chufe and to anoint a king over them : and they faid to the Olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - Authors, Greek - 1781 - 318 pages
...beft difcernment will more eafily conceive^ than they can explain. FABLES. BOOK I. FROM THE ANCIENTS, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, fo may God hearken...weary of the ftate of freedom and equality in which Godhad placed them, met together to choofe and to anoint a king over them : and they faid to the Olive-tree,... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1805 - 260 pages
...exercife it with infolence and tyranny, fpake to them in the following manner: Hedrken unto me^ ye j men of Shechem, fo may God hearken unto you. The Trees,...them, met together to choofe and to anoint a king ever them : and they faid to the Olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the Olive-tree faid unto, them,... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...tyranny, fpake to them in the following manner : C 2 Hearken unto Me, ye men of Shechem, fo may Cod hearken unto You. The trees, grown weary of the ftate of freedom of equality in which God had placed them, met together to choofe and to anoint a king over them : and... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1800 - 338 pages
...with eagernefs, ami exercife it with iulblence and tyranny, fpake to them in tlie following manner : Hearken unto Me, ye men of Shechem, fo may God hearken unto You. The trees, grown weary of the (late of freedom and equality in which God had placed them, met together to choole and to anoint a... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so may God hearken unto you ! The trees, grown weary of the state of freedom and equality in which God had placed them, met together to choose and anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive-tree, ' Reign thou over us.' But the... | |
 | William Thomas Fernie - Phrenology - 1913 - 442 pages
...Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees, grown weary of the state of freedom and equality in which God had placed them, met together to choose, and anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive-tree, " Reign thou over us." But the... | |
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