| William Mason - 1765 - 522 psl.
...pathetic, mournful exclamation of David, when friendship's sweet bands were dissolved in death ! " I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very...been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of woman," 2 Sam. i. 26. Who can read this plaintive note without sympathy? But, though their... | |
| William Russell - 1801 - 522 psl.
..." cleathed you in scarlet, with other delights ; who put on ornamentg " of gold upon your apparel. How are the mighty fallen in the " midst of the battle ! — O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine lii%6 " places. I am distressed for thee, my brother ! very pleasant hast tbou " been unto me. Thy... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 390 psl.
...as would raise pity and compassion, even in the breast where they had been strangers before: — " How are the mighty " fallen in the midst of the battle ! O Jonathan, " thou wast slain in thy high places ! I am dis" tressed for thee, my .brother Jonathan ! Very " pleasant hast thou been... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 380 psl.
...allusions to the greater circumstances of their life, and turns only upon their familiar converse. " I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan ; very...been unto me ; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." ' In the mind of this admirable man, grandeur, majesty, and worldly power, were... | |
| William Mason - 1803 - 400 psl.
...pathetic, mournful, exclamation of David, •when friendship's sweet bands were dissolved in death ! " I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan ; very...been unto me ; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.''...^ Sam. i. 26. Who can read this plaintive note without sympathy ? Wisdom's assertion... | |
| 1803 - 440 psl.
...circumstances of their life, and turns only upon their familiar converse. " I am distressed for thee,,my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." In the mind of this admirable man, grandeur, majesty, and worldly power were despicable... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 psl.
...thine high places, in the high places of thy own country, which thou hadst so valiantly 26 defended. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very...thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passipg the love of women : here his grief for Jonathan breaks out again in an abrupt manner, whose... | |
| 1809 - 1150 psl.
...who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon vonr appareL 25 8 than maxt slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed Tor thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant... | |
| George Buist - 1809 - 422 psl.
...his affection in these beautiful strains : " I am dis" tressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : ve" ry pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy "love to me was wonderful, passing die love " of women." Nor was this a momentary glow of affection, which disgusts and disappointments... | |
| Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 psl.
...even that. David saith indeed in his song of lamentation for the death of Jonathan, 2 Sam. i. 26, " My brother Jonathan, very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." Hut he doth not say thaT the love of Jonathan was greater than that of women, but... | |
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