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" I say it is cold, not, it makes cold; but the bible is rather translated into English words, than into English phrase. The Hebraisms are kept, and the phrase of that language is kept: as for example (he uncovered her shame), which is well enough, so long... "
Six Letters to Granville Sharp, Esq: Respecting His Remarks on the Uses of ... - Page 163
by Christopher Wordsworth - 1802 - 154 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 122

1865 - 654 pages
...does not occur totidem verbis in the Authorised Version, and is not a very agreeable one to quote] — which is well enough, so long as scholars have to...common people, Lord, what jeer do they make of it!' Instead of citing Selden's Hebraistic example, we may fairly complain of the incorrect and offensive...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record

Bible - 1866 - 526 pages
...kept, and the phrase of that language is kept. As for example' [here he quotes from memory]. ' This is well enough so long as scholars have to do with...when it comes among the common people, Lord ! what gear do they make of it ! ' * " Perhaps the historian of literature might find some ground for mitigating...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 2

Literature - 1866 - 638 pages
...kept, and the phrase of that language is kept. As for example" [here he quotes from memory]. "This is well enough so long as scholars have to do with...when it comes among the common people, Lord ! what gear do they make of it !"t Perhaps the historian of literature might find some ground for mitigating...
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Table-talk

John Selden - Antiquarians - 1868 - 132 pages
...Phrafe of that Language is kept : As for Example [he uncovered her Shame] which is well enough, fo long as Scholars have to do with it ; but when it comes among the Common People, Lord, what Gear do they make of it ! 4. Scrutamini Scripturas. Thefe two Words have undone the World, becaufe...
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... Areopagitica: 24 November 1644. Preceded by Illustrative Documents ...

John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1869 - 588 pages
...the Phrafe ofthat Language is kept: As for Example [he uncovered her Shame] which is well enough, fo long as Scholars have to do with it ; but when it comes among the Common People, Lord, what Gear do they make of it ! 4. Scrntamini Serif turas. Thefe two Words have undone the World, becaufe...
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Table-talk, 1689

John Selden - Table-talk - 1868 - 162 pages
...Phrafe of that Language is kept : As for Example [he uncovered her Shame] which is well enough, fo long as Scholars have to do with it ; but when it comes among the Common People, Lord, what Gear do they make of it ! 4. Scrutamini Scripturas. Thefe two Words have undone the World, becaufe...
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Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Illustrious Men and Women of Modern Times

William Carew Hazlitt - Anecdotes - 1900 - 380 pages
...English phrase. The Hebraisms are kept, and the phrase of that language is kept,— as for example, " He uncovered her shame," which is well enough so long...when it comes among the common people, Lord, what gear do they make of it ! — Selden. 5°5-. AT the end of a Common Prayer- Book, printed **• 1615,...
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Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Illustrious Men and Women of Modern Times

William Carew Hazlitt - Anecdotes - 1872 - 390 pages
...English phrase. The Hebraisms are kept, and the phrase of that language is kept, — as for example, " He uncovered her shame," which is well enough so long...when it comes among the common people, Lord, what gear do they make of it ! — Sdden. 5°5AT the end of a Common Prayer-Book, printed 1615, in the library...
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Five minutes to spare, extracts on varied subjects

John Guard - 1879 - 476 pages
...English words than into English phrase. The Hebraisms are kept and the phrase of that language is kept, which is well enough so long as scholars have to do...when it comes among the common people, Lord, what gear they do make of it!' The following are instances of the Hebraisms to which Selden alluded, and...
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Report of the Proceedings

Church congress - 1882 - 558 pages
...Seiden, damning with faint praise and civil leer, condemned it for its literal accuracy as " being well enough so long as scholars have to do with it,...when it comes among the common people ' Lord ! what gear do they make of it' " (" Table Talk"). With this induction before them, we shall not be surprised...
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