 | 1911 - 856 páginas
...ordered to be set up in churches." And considered simply as a "literary monument" it will be allowed that "the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue." "The English of the Authorized Version," says Dr. Kenyon, "is the finest specimen of our prose literature... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 870 páginas
...be set up in churches.' And considered simply as a ' literary monument ' it will be allowed that ' the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue.' ' The English of the Authorized Version,' says Dr. Kenyon, 'is the finest specimen of our prose literature... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 páginas
...of the Hellenic Greek, lent themselves with a curious felicity to the purposes of translation. As a mere literary monument, the English version of the...instant of its appearance the standard of our language. But for the moment its literary effect was less than its social. The power of the book over the mass... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1877 - 894 páginas
...all were flung broadcast upon minds unoccupied for the most part by any rival learning. * * * * As a mere literary monument, the English version of the...instant of its appearance the standard of our language. But for the moment its literary effect was less than its social. The power of the book over the mass... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 526 páginas
...the Hellenistic Greek, lent themselves with a curious felicity to the purposes of translation. As a mere literary monument the English version of the...remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it from the instant of its appearance the standard of our language. For... | |
 | 1879 - 360 páginas
...the Hellenistic Greek, lent themselves with a curious felicity to the purposes of translation. As a mere literary monument, the English version of the...remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it, from the instant of its appearance, the standard of our language.... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - 600 páginas
...the love and will of its Divine Author. Though, considered as a mere literary monument, the present English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue ; we feel assured that the sanctified research of devout men will throw new floods of light upon otherwise... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1882 - 1040 páginas
...all were flung broadcast upon miuds unoccupied for the most part by any rival learning. * * * * As a mere literary monument, the English version of the...instant of its appearance the standard of our language. But for the moment its literary effect was less than its social. The power of the book over the mass... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 páginas
...a mere literary monument," says Green, "it remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it from the instant of its appearance the standard of our language." In 1870 the English bishops in convocation recommended a revision of this version, and a committee... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1889 - 954 páginas
...the Hellenistic Greek, lent themselves with a curious felicity to the purposes of translation. As a mere literary monument, the English version of the...remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it from the instant of its appearance the standard of our language. For... | |
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As a mere literary monument, the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it from the instant of its appearance the standard of our language. 
