10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXACTRESS»
Discover the use of
exactress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
exactress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Theological and Literary Journal
How hath the exactress ceased ; the golden (city) ceased ?" v. 4. This
exclamation of wonder and exultation implies that the fall of Babylon was to be
regarded as a most extraordinary event. That feeling is still more strongly
indicated in the next ...
2
Obsolete Words and Phrases in the Bible and Apocrypha ... ...
Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath.” As a measure for thinsg dry, it
contains three peeks and three pints. C. Isa. viii. 47.—UNREsIsTIBLE, a¢_tj.,
obsolete, same as irresistible. M. Isa. xiv. 4.—ExACTREss, obsolete. “ Ezactress
of gold.
John BOOKER (Vicar of Killurin, Wexford.), 1853
3
The Theological and Literary Journal
is on that analogy that the verb raise over is here employed. 8. Metonymy of the
effect for the cause in the use of golden. "How hath the exactress ceased ; the
golden (city) ceased ?" v. 4. This exclamation of wonder and exultation implies
that ...
4
A Literal Translation of the Prophets, from Isaiah to ...
How hath the oppressor ceased ! the 7 exactress of gold ceased ! f H. sons. 1 his.
— Jehovah's, hy way of eminence. There is no doubt, says Hare, but that the
suffix must be referred to God. He suspects that this is a fragment. Otherwise, he ...
5
The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth
We will only draw attention to one more parallel between the two cities, viz., their
splendor and luxury. — Babylon is called " The golden city" (Isaiah xiv. 4.) or in
the margin, the exactress of gold, and her gorgeous- ness is frequently alluded to
...
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, 1848
6
An attempt towards an improved version: a metrical ...
The loftiness of Isaiah's triumphal ode over the fall of Babylon is justly insisted on
by Bishop 1 Lowth with an enthusiastic warmth of admiration. How hath the
oppressor ceased ! the r exactress of gold ceased ! How bath Jehovah broken
the ...
7
Notes: critical, explanatory, and practical on the book of ...
According to the Jew. ish Commentators it means an exactress of gold, as if
derived from arn dshabh used for ant zihabh gold. Gesenius and Michtelis pre-
fer another reading narpa marhibha from arn rahdbh and suppose that it means ...
8
The Book of Isaiah, Chapters I-XXXIX: In the Light of the ...
Babylon must now have become "the golden city" of the "parable," or, rather "the
gold- exactress," 2 and is identified by the prophet with the grasping tyrant who
has founded his new capital in her. Hence the opening stanza of the " parable ...
9
The Prophet Isaiah: an Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary
5. ni'wm my) (comp. Ezek. xix. 11),. 1 Or taunting speech. 4 Or: The grave. 1 Or, 0
day star. 5 Heb. leaders. 2 Or, exactress of gold. 8 Or, did not let his prisoners
loose homewards. “ labor. b unrest. 9 which was wrought by thee. d raise. I upon.
Carl Wilhelm Eduard Nagelsbach, John Peter Lange, Philip Schaff, 2007
10
Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life
The exactress was critical of 'thefailure withthe human voice'when sheattended '
talkies',feeling that actors' voicesjarred. She was, however, involved in various
plans tomake films outof her novels. There were protracted negotiations over ...
