| John Bunyan - 1887 - 424 Seiten
...APOLOGY FOE HIS BOOK. at the first I took my Pen in hand, Thus for to write ; I did not understand T/uit I at all should make a little Book In such a mode ; Nay, I had undertook To make another, which wlun almost done ; Before I was aware, I this begun. And thus it was : I writing of the Way And Race... | |
| John Brown B.A., D.D. - 1888
...he was in prison, and while engaged upon a different line of thought: " When at the first I took my pen in hand, Thus for to write ; I did not understand...when almost done, Before I was aware I this begun." The crowding fancies came so thick and fast that he felt he must have a care: " I'll put you by yourselves,... | |
| John Brown - 1888 - 538 Seiten
...he was in prison, and while engaged upon a different line of thought : " When at the first I took my pen in hand, Thus for to write ; I did not understand...undertook To make another, which when almost done, Befoie I was aware I this begun." The crowding fancies came so thick and fast that he felt he must... | |
| James Stalker - 1889 - 344 Seiten
...truly describe the .*. origin of this book in the very words of Bunyan : When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand...when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun. Whilst writing my Life of Christ, and reading extensively on the subject, the conviction was borne... | |
| James Stalker - 1889 - 348 Seiten
...truly describe the -*- origin of this book in the very words of Bunyan : When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand...when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun. Whilst writing my Life of Christ, and reading extensively on the subject, the conviction was borne... | |
| Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 Seiten
...at all should make a little Book In such a mode ; Nay, I had undertook To make another, which were almost done, Before I was aware I this begun. And...writing of the Way And Race of Saints, in this our Gospel-day, Fell suddenly into an Allegory About their journey, and the way to Glory, In more than... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 Seiten
...sing praises withal. THE AUTHOR'S APOLOGY FOR HIS " PILGRIM'S PROGRESS " WHEN at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand...That I at all .should make a little book In such a mooe; nay, I had undertook • To make another ; which, when almost done, "iefore I was aware, I this... | |
| J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1907 - 624 Seiten
...wonderful child to see the light ? Ah! here it is, "The Apology of the Author": When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand...into an allegory About their journey, and the way of glory In more than twenty things which I set down. This done, I twenty more had in my crown; And... | |
| 1859 - 754 Seiten
...thus occasioned Bunyan quaintly attributes his " Pilgrim's Progress." " When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand...when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun. :1 Thus I set pen to paper with delight, And quickly had my thoughts iu black and white. 16 17 For... | |
| John Bunyan - 1907 - 452 Seiten
...Similitudes, Hos. 12. 10. Price One Shilling. The Authors Apology for his BOOK. WHen at the first I took my Pen in hand Thus for to write ; I did not understand...should make a little Book In such a Mode: Nay, I had underfoot To make another; which when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun; And thus it was... | |
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