 | English literature - 1823 - 704 pages
...Lamentations. I pored on these piece* of the bible in secret for many months, for I durst not shew them openly ; and, as I read constantly and remembered...before them. I have forgot too much of my biblical knotaledge, but I can still repeat all the names of the Patriarchs from Adam to Christ, and various... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible in secret for many months, but I durst not shew them openly ; and as I read constantly and remembered...honest neighbours with the large passages of scripture 1 repeated before them. 1 have forgot too much of my biblical knowledge, but I can still rehearse all... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...for many months, but I durst not shew them openly ; and as I read constantly and remem•• bered well, I soon astonished all our honest neighbours...large passages of scripture I repeated before them. 1 have forgot too much of my biblical knowledge, but I can still rehearse all the names of the Patriarchs... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Biography - 1832 - 336 pages
...Ezekiel, and the Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible in secret for many months, but I durst not show them openly : and as I read constantly...remembered well, I soon astonished all our honest neighbors with the large passages of Scripture, which I repeated before them. I have forgot too much... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...Ezekiel, and the Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible in secret for many months, but 1 durst not show them openly ; and as I read constantly...passages of scripture I repeated before them. I have forgotten too much of my biblical knowledge, but I can still rehearse all the names of the patriarchs... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 384 pages
...Ezekiel, and the Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible, in secret, for many months, but I durst not show them openly ; and, as I read constantly...remembered well, I soon astonished all our honest neighbors,with the large passages of scripture I repeated before them. I have forgot too much of my... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...many months, hot I durst not show them openly ; and as I read them constantly, and remembered them well, I soon astonished all our honest neighbours...passages of Scripture I repeated before them. I have forgotten too much of my biblical knowledge ; but I can still rehearse all the names ' of the patriarchs,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 300 pages
...Ezekiel, and the Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible in secret for many months, but 1 durst not show them openly ; and as I read constantly...passages of scripture I repeated before them. I have forgotten too much of my biblical knowledge, but I can still rehearse all the names of the patriarchs... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - Criticism - 1862 - 328 pages
...honey and milk ! What " a feast of fat things, of wine on the lees well refined !" " As," says he, " I read constantly and remembered well, I soon astonished...neighbours •with the large passages of Scripture I recited before them. My fame for reading and memory was loud, and several said that I was a ' living... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1863 - 332 pages
...which seemed to me a much more pleasant book, and I actually went to where I knew an old loose-leaved Bible lay, and carried it away in piecemeal. I perfectly...forgot too much of my Biblical knowledge, but I can DR. ALEXANDER MURRAY. Ill still rehearse all the names of the patriarchs, from Adam to Christ, and... | |
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... piecemeal. I perfectly remember the strange pleasure I felt in reading the histories of Abraham and David. I liked mournful narratives ; and greatly admired Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Lamentations. I pored on these pieces of the Bible in secret for... 
