 | 1854 - 226 pages
...reader once gave this passage from the Bible, with the following emphasis and pauses. "And the old man said unto his sons, saddle me, the ass ; and they saddled him." A clergyman once told his congregation that they " had not followed a cunningly devised fable." The... | |
 | Percival Leigh - 1858 - 534 pages
...a certain Parson, who read a passage in the Old Testament in the following unlucky manner: " And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled him." Young ladies are usually very emphatic in ordinary discourse. " What a little dear ! Oh ! how sweetly... | |
 | James Payn - English fiction - 1859 - 464 pages
...unchristian, why I've never skipped church.1 " ' Church,' cried Moodie, taking him up quite sharply ; ' if you had never gone to church in all your life, and never...handy with those corkscrew letters, I was minding my t/>'s and £'s with great gravity, when I got a punch in the side that took away my breath, and spoilt... | |
 | Charles Northend - History - 1865 - 364 pages
...reader once gave this passage from the Bible, with the following emphasis and pauses: " And the old man said unto his sons, Saddle me, the ass ; and they saddled him." A clergyman once told his congregation that they " had not followed a cunningly devised fable." The... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1878 - 124 pages
...they sow. Augustus Csesar boasted that he found Rome built of brick, and left it marble. The old man said unto his sons, " Saddle me the ass," and they saddled him. Now morning lifts her dewy veil. Evil on itself shall back recoil. Away we go, my boat and /. (Wordsworth.)... | |
 | Percival Leigh - English language - 1903 - 278 pages
...a certain Parson, who read a passage in the Old Testament in the following unlucky manner: "And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass ; and they saddled him." Young ladies are usually very emphatic in ordinary discourse. " What a little dear! Oh! how sweetly... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 428 pages
...reader once gave a passage from the Bible with the following accents and pauses: — "And the old man said unto his sons, saddle me, the ass ; and they saddled him." We once heard a clergyman tell his flock that they " had not followed a eanntng/y-devised fable ; "... | |
 | 1883 - 810 pages
...not ignorance — was known .to< render the passage in 1 Kings xiii«. 18, in this manner: " And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him," pausing, and giving full stress to the personal pronoun before completing the sentence ! The root of... | |
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is equivalent to asking if you think that the flavour of the pine-apple improves that especial form of alcohol. A well-known instance of an emphasis improperly placed was furnished by a certain Parson, who read a passage in the Old Testament in the following... 