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" James's time took an excellent way : that part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a tongue, (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible,... "
Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden - Page 6
by John Selden - 1818
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden

John Selden - 1689 - 196 pages
...to Andrew Downs} and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, etc. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on. 3. There is no Book so translated as...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ...

John Selden - 1786 - 196 pages
...to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or...found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. III. There is no book so translated as the Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book into...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - 1786 - 190 pages
...they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, cither of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian,...they found any fault, they spoke; if not, he read on. 11 f. There is no book so translated as tl>e Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book into...
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The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 1

William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...Andrew Downs), and then they meet together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or...found any fault, they spoke; if not, he read on." King James's Bible is that now read by authority in all the churches in Britain. BIBLES, Welsh. There...
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An Attempt Towards an Improved Version, a Metrical Arrangement, and an ...

William Newcome - 1809 - 418 pages
...met togeiher, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some bible, either of ihe learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any fault, they «pok«, if not, he read on. Seldcn iii. 2009. xvih Isaiah Ixiii. 13. we read: b -DTD D1DD nisnro no'biO...
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A Theological Dictionary, Volume 1

Charles Buck - 1810 - 488 pages
...translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, or Italian, &c. If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on." [King James's Bible is that now read by authority in all the churches in Britain.] Notwithstanding,...
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The British review and London critical journal

1820 - 524 pages
...then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some biible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish,...found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. There is no book so translated as the Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book into English,...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their bauds some Bible either of the learned tongues, or French,...found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. SKLDEN. . THERE is no book so translated as the Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...Andrew Downs), and tnen they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible either of the learned tongues, or...found any fault, they spoke; if not, he read on." Accordingly king James's Bible is that now read by authority in all the churches in Great Britain....
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A Letter to the Right Rev. Henry Bathurst, D.D. Lord Bishop of Norwich:: On ...

William Firth - 1813 - 130 pages
...Andrew Downs>) and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found fault they spoke, if not, •he read on." These insect tribes of self-ex pounders •beset and as.sail...
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