 I long that the husbandman should sing portions of them to himself as he follows the plough, that the weaver should hum them to the tune of his shuttle, that the traveller should beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey.  The Church of England: The medieval church - Page 458by Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Reformers - 1885 - 488 pages
...the first step. It may be that they might be ridiculed by many, but some would take them to heart. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey." These words are not only interesting as showing the feeling with which Erasmus regarded the truth of... | |
 | Reformers - 1885 - 486 pages
...the first step. It may be that they might be ridiculed by many, but some would take them to heart. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...weaver should hum them to the tune of his shuttle, that thu traveller should beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey." These words are not only... | |
 | Justin Almerin Smith - 1887 - 382 pages
...that they might be read and understood, not only by Scots and Irishmen, but by Turks and Saracens. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...should hum them to the tune of his shuttle, that the traveler should beguile with them the tedium of his journey." It was a like burst of enthusiasm in... | |
 | 1888 - 614 pages
...translated into their vulgar tongue. ... I wish that even the weakest woman should read the Gospels. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey.' This brings us some vay on towards the work of the Protestant reformers, and indeed it was on the Latin... | |
 | M. J. Guest - 1888 - 622 pages
...learning and civilization, and we know what was thought of Turks and Saracen's. " I long," he goes on, " that the husbandman should sing portions of them to...beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey." 23. Colet, who after living a long time at Oxford was made Dean of St. Paul's, and who was a rich man,... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1889 - 554 pages
...the first step. It may be that they might be ridiculed by many, but some would take them to heart. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...the plough, that the weaver should hum them to the time of his shuttle, that the traveller should beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey."... | |
 | William Henry Beckett - 1890 - 368 pages
...theologians, or as though the strength of the Christian religion consisted in men's ignorance of it. ... I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey.' 2 An important sign of the times in their social and religions aspect is seen also in Sir Thomas More's... | |
 | Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1890 - 68 pages
...every language, and put into the hands of all. ' I long,' he says, ' that the husbandman should sing them to himself as he follows the plough, that the...his shuttle, that the traveller should beguile with them the weariness of his journey.' Then, as to interpretation, — from the medieval expositors, the... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1891 - 616 pages
...and Saracens. " I long," he goes on, " that the husbandman should sing portions of them to himself sa he follows the plough, that the weaver should hum...beguile with their stories the tedium of his journey." 23. Colet, who after living a long time at Oxford was made Dean of St. Paul's, and who was b rich man,... | |
 | Marcus Dods - 1891 - 402 pages
...the first step. It may be that they might be ridiculed by many, but some would take them to heart. I long that the husbandman should sing portions of...plough, that the weaver should hum them to the tune of ~!^3 shuttle, that the traveller should beguile with these stories the tedium of his journey." And... | |
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