| 1871 - 306 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told... | |
| Henry Clay Fish - 1871 - 926 pages
...and permitted " the king of terrors" to bind him in his iron chains; as God, he broke them asunder " as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire," and rose triumphantly, having deprived the governor of the prison of his keys. " I have the keys (says... | |
| Alexander Ewing (Bp. of Argyll and the Isles) - 1871 - 348 pages
...rock in pieces. Delilah bound Samson with green withes, and with new ropes, but he brake the withes as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire, and he brake the ropes from off his arms like a thread. How is it possible that we can presume to gauge... | |
| Tales - 1871 - 242 pages
...Philistines be upon thee, Samson!" But ere they can reach the chamber, the giant had snapped the ligaments, "as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire." Delilah, thus baulked in her first attempt, returns to the charge; — again she whispers her blandishments... | |
| Thomas Adolphus Bowden - 1872 - 200 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, ' The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.' And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, ' Behold, thou hast ' mocked me, and told... | |
| 1872 - 964 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines te upon thee, Samson. And he brake t with Joab : and there fell some of the people of the servants of So his strength was not known. 10And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1872 - 440 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1872 - 232 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. * The lifting up of the jawbone. t The well of him that called. i Moist... | |
| William Rogers - 1873 - 746 pages
...with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told... | |
| James Godkin - 1873 - 362 pages
...ecclesiastical discipline have no more force to restrain its impetuosity than the withs that Samson broke ' as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire.' The aggressive nature of the mission produced results to be lamented, but which were inevitable. These... | |
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