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" They expounded to him a passage in holy writ, either historical, or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse... "
The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation: From the Coming of Julius ... - Page 314
by Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 479 pages
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The Complete Works of Venerable Bede: Ecclesiastical history

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 452 pages
...holy writ, either historical, or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse /whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in' the man, instructed...
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The complete works of the venerable Bede, accompanied by a new Engl. tr. of ...

Bede (the venerable.) - 1843 - 448 pages
...holy writ, either historical, or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The Church Historians of England, Volume 1, Page 2

Great Britain - 1853 - 440 pages
...holy writ, either historical, or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The historical works of the venerable Bede, tr. with a preface and notes by ...

Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 490 pages
...holy writ, either historical, or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them com posed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The popular Biblical educator [by J. Blackburn].

John Blackburn - 1854 - 392 pages
...in Holy Writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent, verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, Volume 13

1860 - 718 pages
...in Holy Writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The literature and curiosities of dreams, by Frank Seafield, Volume 2

Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...in Holy Writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and, returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams: A Commonplace Book of ..., Volume 2

Alexander Henley Grant - Dreams - 1865 - 414 pages
...in Holy Writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and, returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, Volume 1

John Hawkins - Music - 1875 - 538 pages
...holy 4 writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the 4 same Into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning ' the next morning, gave it to them composed into most excellent 4 verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man,...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 2; Volume 77

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...in holy writ, either historical or doctrinal, ordering him, if he could, to put the same into verse. Having undertaken it, he went away, and returning the next morning, gave it to them composed in most excellent verse ; whereupon the abbess, embracing the grace of God in the man, instructed...
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