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" ... but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. "
A History of the English Church: Second period: From the accession of Henry ... - Page 373
by George Gresley Perry - 1900
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The Christian Disciple, Volume 3

Liberalism (Religion) - 1815 - 398 pages
...to makeanewTransIation, "nor yct to make of a bad one a "good one; but to make a good "one bctter, or out of many good "ones, one principal good one, "not justly tobe excepted against. "... And in what sort did these "[translators] assemble? in the iā€¢trust of...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 23

1820 - 632 pages
...make anew translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one ; but their endeavour arid mark was, to make a good one better, or, out of many good ones,...principal good one, not justly to be excepted against.' The meaning of these words, especially when coupled with those before quoted, is too clear to admit...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 23

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 628 pages
...make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one ; but their endeavour and mark was, to make a good one better, or, out of many good ones,...one principal good one, not justly to be excepted agamst.' The meaning of these words, especially when coupled with those before quoted, is too clear...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 23

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one; but their endeavour and mark was, to make a good one better, or, out of many good ones, one principal good one, not justly to be escepted against.' The meaning of these words, especially when coupled with those before quoted, is...
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A respectful letter to the earl of Liverpool ... occasioned by the speech ...

Henry Handley Norris - 1823 - 306 pages
...sort, that our people had been fed with gall of dragons instead of wine, with wheal instead of milk ;) but to make a good one better, or out of many good...be excepted against: that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. To that purpose there were many chosen that were greater in other men's eyes than their...
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The Christian Recorder: A Religious and Literary Journal, Issues 1-25

Bible - 1829 - 414 pages
...sort, that our people had been fed with gall of dragons instead of wine, with whey instead of milk ;) but to make a good one better, or out of many good...be excepted against ; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. " If you ask what they [the translators] had before them, truly it was the Hebrew text...
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A Guide to the Practical Reading of the Bible

William Carpenter - Bible - 1830 - 342 pages
...sort, that our people had been fed with gall of dragons instead of wine, and whey instead of milk ) ; but to make a good one better, or out of many good...be excepted against ; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. " If you ask what they [the translators] had before them, truly it was the Hebrew text...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1832 - 600 pages
...' never thought that' they ' should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of ' a bad one a good one, but to make a good one better, or out...justly to be excepted ' against: that hath been,' they say, ' our endeavour, that our ' mark.' One of the royal directions was, that the ordinary Bible...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 8; Volume 56

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1832 - 680 pages
...Authors 'never thought that' they ' should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of ' a bad one a good one, but to make a good one better, or out...good ones one principal good one, not justly to be exceptcd ' against : that hath been,' they say, ' our endeavour, that our ' mark.' One of the royal...
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The Christian Examiner and General Review, Volume 14

Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - Liberalism (Religion) - 1833 - 420 pages
...make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one ; but their endeavour and mark was to make a good one better, or -out of many good ones...principal good one, not justly to be excepted against." When in the judgment of the translators the sense required it, they supplied words in the English not...
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