 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 412 pages
...which the chief of his own priests, Coifi, immediately answered, " O king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you,...applied himself more diligently to the worship of our gods than I ; and yet there are many who receive greater favours from you, and are more preferred... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 418 pages
...immediately answered, " О king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declárelo you, that) the religion which we have hitherto professed has, as far as I can learn, np_yirtue_in it. For none of your people has applied himself more diligently to the worship of our... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 pages
...which the chief of his own priests, Coifi,1 immediately answered, " O king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | 1853 - 440 pages
...which the chief of his own priests, Coifi,1 immediately answered, "Oking, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 pages
...a very satisfactory reason for believing that the old religion had no virtue in it : " For not one of your people has applied himself more diligently to the worship of our gods than I have ; and yet there are many who have received from you greater benefits and greater... | |
 | 1857 - 954 pages
...was, " Shall this new religion be received ?" A priest said, " O king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that, as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1860 - 558 pages
...chief priest of the Northumbrians. It was to this effect : — "0 king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1861 - 530 pages
...chief priest of the Northumbrians. It was to this effect : — "0 king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you that as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1861 - 602 pages
...was, " Shall this new religion be received ?" A priest said, " 0 king, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you, that, as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1861 - 642 pages
...was, ' Shall this new religion be received ?' A priest said, ' O King, consider what this is which is now preached to us ; for I verily declare to you, that, as to my own experience, the religion which we have hitherto professed has no power nor utility in... | |
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I can learn, no virtue in it. For none of your people has applied himself more diligently to the worship of our gods than I ; and yet there are many who receive greater favours from you, and are more preferred than I, and are more prosperous in all their... 
