The Greatest Book in the World: And Other PapersLittle, Brown, 1925 - 451 sivua |
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... once entertained the Club at dinner , and how one of our members , sadly under the influence of his excellent wine , nominated him for membership , and declared him duly elected , and how we , nevertheless , declined to permit him to ...
... once entertained the Club at dinner , and how one of our members , sadly under the influence of his excellent wine , nominated him for membership , and declared him duly elected , and how we , nevertheless , declined to permit him to ...
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... once heard a man make to another who said that he had just written a fine hymn : " I have always regarded the writing of hymns as the lowest form of intellectual effort . " The re- mark was applauded . Let us join in singing Dr. Isaac ...
... once heard a man make to another who said that he had just written a fine hymn : " I have always regarded the writing of hymns as the lowest form of intellectual effort . " The re- mark was applauded . Let us join in singing Dr. Isaac ...
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... were , in fact , satisfied with the Bible of Calvin , the " Breeches " Bible . Not at once , then , but gradually the new version displaced all others and , by reason of its simplicity and beauty , 30 " THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD "
... were , in fact , satisfied with the Bible of Calvin , the " Breeches " Bible . Not at once , then , but gradually the new version displaced all others and , by reason of its simplicity and beauty , 30 " THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD "
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... once were to the Italians ; consider that it is written in the noblest and purest English , and that it abounds in exquisite beauties of literary form , and finally , consider that it forbids the veriest hind , who never left his native ...
... once were to the Italians ; consider that it is written in the noblest and purest English , and that it abounds in exquisite beauties of literary form , and finally , consider that it forbids the veriest hind , who never left his native ...
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... once again let us imagine we are in the year 1611 , and that the Authorized Version has just been published . Let us examine the volume . It is a large book , and to quote Old Fuller again , " most beautifully printed " ; the manuscript ...
... once again let us imagine we are in the year 1611 , and that the Authorized Version has just been published . Let us examine the volume . It is a large book , and to quote Old Fuller again , " most beautifully printed " ; the manuscript ...
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Sivu 107 - When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished up that handle so carefullee That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!
Sivu 35 - And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John o...
Sivu 363 - I have long determined that the best thing I could do was to put an end to the existence of a being whose birth was unfortunate,* and whose life has only been a series of pain to those persons who have hurt their health in endeavouring to promote her welfare.
Sivu 30 - Truly, good Christian reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Sivu 85 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Sivu 34 - Sail forth — steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Sivu 93 - Not exactly Nahant," said Uncle Edith, "but within hailing distance of a Nahanted ship." "You just used Nahant in the first place so that you could pull that gag," said Primrose, who, up to this time, had taken no part in the conversation, not having been born.
Sivu 112 - You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere. You must lie upon the daisies, and discourse in novel phrases of your complicated state of mind, The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind. And...
Sivu 341 - College, who lives upon arsenic, aqua-fortis, half-an-hour's sleep in the night, and is desperately in love with the memory of Margaret Nicholson. He hath published what he terms the Posthumous Poems, printed for the benefit of Mr. Peter Finnerty, which, I am grieved to say, though stuffed full of treason...
Sivu 197 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.