William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job

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Transcript of William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job

ILLUSTRATIONSOF THE

BOOK OF JOBINVENTED AND ENGRAVED

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

A NEW EDITION

NEW YORKD. APPLETON & COMPANY

1903

NOTEHPHIS Issue is reproduced in reduced

facsimile from the original Edition

published by William Blake in the year

18216

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Lf. to:. IUu S,W..stt,- Ao-H.rrrts M.irrkg iBSS Oy WillianiBllte N-iFounUirCo.,,-. JJi.v<

TUs did Job oontinuaJiy

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*. OIlerkdtfearrdGod

A J- Land of U*i whose K*mt Y TW L,rr Kiiic-u v/ & escKew^d Evil <fethe

J v^. Jol>. t thatMm * I"* L"< '

W |,omuntoh,m5e>cn|t IS s H , ntull ,v Di.mra_^ 3,,,,^ ^J],,.^ Daugkrrr.5

WKal Iskall we recieve Good

attKe KaWI ofCod <fcska!l we not, also

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And vvkcu rKey lifted up tKejr eye^ atar off 3r W-w Kim not

v," tJwv lifted HIJ their voice &. wept.&. they ront. every Man. Kii'

xantk- &SprmWcd dust upon tkei r Kcads towards Kea

Lo let tftat nigkt be solitary

&. let nojoyful

voice come

Let tKc Day ucri.sk wherein I W;LS Born.

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Aiu tKey sat down vntlr him upon tKe^roundsevcir Axys &seven^

nighty &;i\one spak.-a v\\, fl! imholum for tKry avtKat !ns grief

Tken i). Spirit plsed Kffore my face /j?the kairofmv ftcffkjjtood up

way tU I take

-ferlkUkc 9ol<i

\ "Hie Just Upngkt Mart is iuugkedl to scorn

Manlkit is Urn L.fs-Womanisof ft

& '

v,v

short, tkejoy

of the hyuoo-ii

but for d moment

Satan Ininnlf'S tM:i(onnl m'oanAnjtl of Uga A.1iisMii,Ul< I ini.-Miu^K-n of

k Dreans upon mv bed Hion 5~nre.sl nu?

j-u persecute me ss iJoJ J&dix*. net. s.uijiWt iili my Ucsti-. Oil llwl my word>vc,

, ! -.'.v.,!! sr.: k r Mv.sv !?'/.-.,J

** rf//f^^ F" K-^p-%^^^SMIJ-& r.^r/ tKewav^ofMan^eo^netU^VM^ *^ l\

oous ir ikvDauel'trrs were

West Brothers \rux\5r. t>t liuja ll'.ere came

5wolc upcixiiie lo '.'.: iaces oi tl'.e !xou.se. i itfc'f

And I only am escaped alone to tell theeri^v

OWh.leJu-wdsvrtspcakmg ^amc also anotlier& 5aid

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fGod is fallen from lu

n &, consumetl ikcnv & 1 only am

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Then. weatSalaa fortk from t.ke Presence of the Lord'

TUcn Ine Lord answered Job out o

HWO*4rWn~.

nrf Stars ^aiig togedter. & all il, e

shoutexi for i

Aad smote Job witk sore Boils

from tke sole of Kis foot \o the crown of his Kead

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Seltold now BeKemotkwKick I made witk tkee

7^ r *~sz&****-^-^>r^

Ami my Servant Job shallpray

Tor you

ndthrLord turiwJrh* captivity ofjcb-^hm hepijyetl (or his Frieivds

.LvcryOflC also gave Kim apiece ofMi >>

&

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were not found Women fair as llic Daughters of jot

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\, M all tke Land iJC tlinr fatlu-rgave thcin I

So tl.e Lord blclsec! tlve latter e/idof Job

more than the begmnmjr

After ikis Job li\-e

an. Kurwired fefoi't e

Sons-s Sows

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