Familiar Quotations
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Familiar Quotations
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This volume is a compendium of familiar quotations drawn from a wide range of sources, beginning with an extensive list of authors whose names are presented in a single, uninterrupted line. The work then moves into a series of scriptural excerpts, organized by book and chapter, offering brief verses from Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah and other biblical texts. After the holy scriptures, the collection continues with selections from the New Testament, especially the Gospel of Matthew, each citation introduced by chapter and verse and followed by a concise, often proverbial statement. The layout is straightforward, presenting each quotation in isolation, allowing the reader to peruse the familiar lines without narrative interruption.
The tone is that of a reference anthology compiled in the early nineteenth century, reflecting the reverent and didactic style of its era. Its plain, declarative language and systematic arrangement will appeal to scholars, clergy, or anyone who enjoys having a ready‑to‑use treasury of biblical and moral sayings at hand for study, preaching, or personal reflection.
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
Deuteronomy xix. 21.
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy xxxii. 10.
He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Judges xvi. 9.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
Ruth i. 16.
For whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
Samuel xiii. 14.
A man after his own heart.
Samuel i. 20.
Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon
Samuel i. 23.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.
Samuel i. 25.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
Samuel i. 26.
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Samuel xii. 7.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.
Kings ix, 7.
A proverb and a by-word among all people,
Kings xviii. 21.
How long halt ye between two opinions?
Kings xviii. 44.
Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Kings xix. 12.
A still, small voice.
Kings xx. 11.
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Kings iv. 40.
There is death in the pot.
Job i. 21.
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job iii. 17.
There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.
Job v. 7.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job xvi. 2.
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