Verses Quotes - Page 2
'Institutio Oratoria' bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 93 (nostra meaning Roman as opposed to Greek)
The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
Edgar Allan Poe (2012). “Complete Tales & Poems”, p.914, Vintage
Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.76
Quoted in John Thirlwall (ed) The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams (1957).
Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”
In books I converse with men, in the Bible I converse with God.
William Romaine (1830). “Select Letters of the Rev. W. Romaine”, p.275
Sam Harris (2012). “Free Will”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.259, Library of America
The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.
Neil Gaiman (2009). “M Is for Magic”, p.25, Harper Collins
Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
Mark Batterson (2009). “Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity”, p.81, Multnomah
Time broadens the scope of verses and I know of some which, like music, are everything for all men.
Jorge Luis Borges (1964). “Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings”, p.154, New Directions Publishing