Cyclop Dia Of Sacred Poetical Quotations

Excerpt from Dictionary of Sacred Quotations, or Scripture Themes and Thoughts: As Paraphrased by the Poets The subject was casually mentioned to the publishers, Without any definite thought of completing the design. But the plan found favour with the gentlemen, (may the public endorse their sagacity, ) and the projector was desired to finish the work. There was some difference, however, between the author's shadowy conception, and the publishers' practical embodiment. He thought of a pocket-manual - they stipulated for a stout duodecimo. Here. It is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This dictionary results from the titanic work by Rev. James Wood who collected quotations from ancient and modern English and foreign sources and put them in alphabetic order. The dictionary contains phrases, mottoes, maxims, proverbs, definitions, aphorisms, and sayings of different prominent people.

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