"Sixfold" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... immensely superior force did not dishearten the brother of the lion-hearted King of Scotland. He declared he would fight were they sixfold ...
— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack
... these limits was fined two hundreth, or sixteen pounds. For an arrest "infra villam" the penalty was twofold. If the person were seized "infra muros atrii ecclesiae," it was threefold; and if within the church itself, sixfold, to which was added penance "sicut de sacrilegiis." Supposing, however, that anyone, "vesano spiritu agitatus diabolico ausu quemquam capere praesumpserit in cathedra lapidea juxta altare quam Angli vocant fridstol, ...
— The Customs of Old England • F. J. Snell
... later, Andrew Willett published at London his Hexapla, or Sixfold Commentary upon Genesis. In this he insists that the one language of all mankind in the beginning "was the Hebrew tongue preserved still in Heber's family." He also takes pains to say that the Tower of Babel "was ...
— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White
... been diligent students of their written language, and at a very early date (probably many centuries B.C.) evolved a sixfold classification of characters, the so-called [Ch][Ch] liu shu, very inaccurately translated by the Six Scripts, which may be ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various
... of the federation, which is, "that the people of McHenry County might have life, and have it more abundantly, and this life was not to be a narrow life. It was the largest aggregate and highest symmetry of the sixfold ends of individual and community action, viz., health, wealth, knowledge, sociability, beauty, and righteousness." He also endeavored to make it clear that "the federation does not seek to supplant the other forces. It rather seeks to be a clearing-house ...
— Chapters in Rural Progress • Kenyon L. Butterfield |
