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a devouring fire Isa xxx
“Behold the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning p. 232 with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire.” Isa. xxx.
— from Sermons by the late Rev. Richard de Courcy by Richard De Courcy

are drawn from Il XV
All three passages are drawn from Il XV 674-746, the description of how Ajax repulsed Hector's attempt to set the Greek ships afire, and in particular from 730-31 'ἔνθ' ἄρ' ὅ γ' ἕστήκει δεδοκημένος, ἔγχεϊ
— from The Last Poems of Ovid by Ovid

appropriate discourse from Isaiah xxxiii
Accordingly, on the 28th, this pious divine preached an appropriate discourse from Isaiah xxxiii.
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich


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