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... interesting as showing the change gradually passing over our language . Already we can see the rude but unmis- takable beginnings of our modern English , and the version of the Psalter executed by Richard Rolle , the hermit of Hampole ...
... interesting as showing the change gradually passing over our language . Already we can see the rude but unmis- takable beginnings of our modern English , and the version of the Psalter executed by Richard Rolle , the hermit of Hampole ...
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... interesting proof of this is afforded by what is believed to be the original MS . of his work preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford , and which breaks off suddenly after the second word of Baruch iii . 20 66 ously turned by the ...
... interesting proof of this is afforded by what is believed to be the original MS . of his work preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford , and which breaks off suddenly after the second word of Baruch iii . 20 66 ously turned by the ...
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... interesting Prologue . " A simple creature , " so Purvey writes , " hath translated the Bible out of Latin into English . First , this simple creature had much travail , with divers fellows and helpers , to gather many old Bibles , and ...
... interesting Prologue . " A simple creature , " so Purvey writes , " hath translated the Bible out of Latin into English . First , this simple creature had much travail , with divers fellows and helpers , to gather many old Bibles , and ...
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... interesting , if our space permitted , to print parallel extracts from the two versions as showing the nature of the changes which Purvey introduced ; but in the meantime we must content ourselves with simply giving a short extract from ...
... interesting , if our space permitted , to print parallel extracts from the two versions as showing the nature of the changes which Purvey introduced ; but in the meantime we must content ourselves with simply giving a short extract from ...
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... interesting to find Purvey anticipating the correct render- ing , " in the name of Jhesu . " § 5. Comments and Notes . — A noticeable feature of Purvey's revision is the introduction of short comments in the margin , many of them taken ...
... interesting to find Purvey anticipating the correct render- ing , " in the name of Jhesu . " § 5. Comments and Notes . — A noticeable feature of Purvey's revision is the introduction of short comments in the margin , many of them taken ...
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Page 129 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 34 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 86 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 12 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 34 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 45 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 95 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Page 117 - 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...
Page 71 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Page 47 - Of the translation itself, though since that time it has been many times revised and altered, we may say that it is substantially the Bible with which we are all familiar. The peculiar genius . — if such a word may be permitted — which breathes through it, the mingled tenderness and majesty, the Saxon simplicity, the preternatural...