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" When the Tuesday before the Ascension of our Lord came, he began to suffer still more in his breath, and a small swelling appeared in his feet ; but he passed all that day and dictated... "
The Complete Works of Venerable Bede: Life, poems, letters, etc - Page lxxxi
by Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 2; Volume 77

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words, " But what are they among so many," &c. [St. John vi. 9], into our own tongue for the benefit of the church...falsehood, nor labour therein without profit after ray death." When the Tuesday before the ascension of our Lord came, he began to suffer still more in...
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The venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical history of England, also the Anglo-Saxon ...

Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1881 - 608 pages
...the Gospel of St. John as far as the words : ' But what are these among so many,' etc. [St. John, vi. 9.] into our own tongue, for the benefit of the church...some collections out of the Book of Notes of bishop Lsidorus, saying : ' I will not have my pupils read a falsehood, nor labour therein without profit...
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The Story of English Literature

Anna Buckland - 1882 - 564 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words, 'But what are they among so many' (chap. vi. 9), into our own tongue for the benefit of the Church...collections out of the Book of Notes of Bishop Isidorus. When the Tuesday before the Ascension of our Lord came, he began to suffer still more in his breath,...
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The story of English literature

Anna Buckland - 1882 - 548 pages
...all his work is shown in a remark he made just before his death, about a book he was compiling — " I will not have my pupils read a falsehood, nor labour therein without profit after my death." Bede wrote as many as forty-five different books, all of them intended for teaching and usefulness....
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 492 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words, " But what arc they among so many," &c. [St. John vi. 9], into our own tongue for the benefit of the church...some collections out of the Book of Notes of Bishop Isidoras, saying : " I will not have my pupils read a falsehood, nor labour therein without profit...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature: From the earliest times to Chaucer

R. McWilliam - 1888 - 138 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words " But what are these among so many ? " into our tongue for the benefit of the Church, and some collections out of the Book of Notes of Bishop Isidorus, ssying, " I will not have my pupils read a falsehood, nor labour therein without profit after my death."...
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The Foundations of English Literature: A Study of the Development of English ...

Fred Lewis Pattee - 1899 - 406 pages
...the lessons we had from him, and singing of psalms : viz., he translated the Gospel of St. John . . . into our own tongue for the benefit of the Church,...collections out of the Book of Notes of Bishop Isidorus. . . . On Wednesday he ordered us to write with all speed what he had begun ; and this done, we walked...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature

R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words " But what are these among so many ? " into our tongue for the benefit of the Church, and some collections...after my death." When the Tuesday before the Ascension came he began to suffer still more in his breath, and a small swelling appeared in his feet, but he...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature: From A.D. 673 to the Present Time

Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 pages
...translated the Gospel of St. John as far as the words " But what are these among so many ?" into our tongue for the benefit, of the Church, and some collections out of the Book of Notes of Bishop laidorus, saying, " I will not have my pupils read a falsehood, nor labour therein without profit after...
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Our Own English Bible: Its Translators and Their Work, the Manuscript Period

William James Heaton - 1913 - 352 pages
...die, because we have a gracious God." During these days he laboured in translating the Gospel of John, and some collections out of the book of notes of Bishop...nor labour therein without profit after my death." It is possible that he had in his hands the manuscript of St. John's Gospel sent by Gregory the Great...
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