...ordinary qualities of the horse are unseen and the terrible ones stand out in fearful prominence : — " Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in...

...different modes of living. The horse excels in strength and courage. His aptness for war is finely touched in the book of Job — Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder f — He pcweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the armed men :...

...the very earth is scarce good enough for the proud and fiery steed as he neighs and plunges along. "Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible !" The very air...

...in the original plate, though from this passage some seem to have been intended. T. IV. THE HORSE. " HAST thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? " Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. " He paweth...

...in the original plate, though from this passage some seem to have been intended. T. IV. THE HOBSE. " HAST thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder : " Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper .' The glory of his nostrils is terrible. " He paweth...

...figured as it were, just as it appears in the eye of the Creator. God, speaking to Job, asks him, " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the...

...understandmg. 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 19 Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils /i terrible. 21 He paweth...

...meaning expressive of human emotions, convey uncommon vivacity and elevation to the whole passage. " Hast thou 'given the horse strength? Hast " thou clothed his neck with thunder?" alluding, perhaps, either to the noise of cavalry advancing; or to their speed, which the poet insinuates...

...different modes of living. The horse excels in strength and courage. His aptness for war is finely touched in the book of Job. — Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? — He paweth in the valley, andrejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on to meet the armed men : he...

...throne." " Tho* gentle pity claim her mingled part, " Yet all the thunders of the scene are thine!" The same word adds not a little to the effect of one...Job. " Hast " thou given the horse strength; hast thbu clothed his "neck with thunder?"* In the concluding stanza of one of Gray's odes, if the bard,...