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More "Jacob's ladder" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is so," chuckled Nell. "But I suppose that was why they asked him to amuse and entertain the little folks at one session of the Union. Father talked for fifteen minutes, all about Jacob's ladder, and those old stories. And not a kid of 'em went ...
— The Campfire Girls of Roselawn - A Strange Message from the Air • Margaret Penrose
... bogh!" she said, with the pin between her teeth. "She's off again. Do you really think, now, the angels in heaven are as sweet and innocent, Kirry? I don't. They can't if they're grown up. And having to climb Jacob's ladder, poor things, they must be. Then, if ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... allowed—of the tower and the beacon. This occurred when the former rose to a few feet above high-water mark, and was effected by means of a rope-bridge, which was dignified by the sailors with the name of "Jacob's ladder". ...
— The Lighthouse • Robert Ballantyne
... to a place, and showed her Jacob's ladder. Now at that time there were some angels ascending upon it. So Christiana looked, and looked, to see the angels go up; and so did the rest of the company. Then they were going into another place, to show them something else; but James said to ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... which we accept in the earlier books. This clumsy fiction seems more at home in the grotesque and lawless mythology of the Turks, or in the Persian poet Sadi, who is said by Marmontel to have adopted it from the Turk. If Milton's intention were to reproduce Jacob's ladder, he should, like Dante (Parad, xxi. 25), have made it the means of ...
— Milton • Mark Pattison
... sad thou canst not sadder) Cry;—and upon thy so sore loss Shall shine the traffic of Jacob's ladder Pitched between Heaven and ...
— Among Famous Books • John Kelman
... am climbin' Jacob's ladder I am climbin' Jacob's ladder I am climbin' Jacob's ladder For ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration
... I to get that handkerchief?' cried he; 'why I should need Jacob's ladder!' But the ...
— The Orange Fairy Book • Andrew Lang
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