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Christian Franz Paullini : Christiani Francisci Paullini disquisitio curiosa

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

St Paul : Epistles

'[George Bernard] Shaw was struck when reading St Paul's Epistles by their "inveterate crookedness of mind".'

Century: 1850-1899 / 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: George Bernard Shaw      Print: Book

Apostle Paul : Address to Agrippa

7/1/1827 ? ?Read about eighty pages of a book lent to me by Dr Ash, called ?The grounds of a Holy life?. Believe the author to be a friend in principle, if not in profession. Read Paul?s fine address to Agrippa to the servants; hope they understood it; it explains the nature of grace, and clearly.?

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Amelia Opie      Print: Book

St Paul : Epistle to the Hebrews

From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 19 February 1856: 'I was reading to-day the 5th chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews. I have taken this epistle for a particular study this Lent. It is a great favourite of mine. In so many ways it comes home to one's everyday trials and needs. Thinking of my birthday [19 February] threw me back into the past, and the description of our Lord having been made perfect through suffering seemed to harmonise with the great lesson which I suppose we all learn as we go on in life, that whatever we have done, or said, or thought, which may be in any way of value [...] is the fruit of suffering.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Missing Sewell      Print: Book

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