"Digest" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... With these arguments we shall not meddle. Their purpose was to hold up "a true glass to behold the faces of Presbytery and Independency in, with the beauty, order, strength, of the one, and the deformity, disorder, and weakness of the other." In other words, the pamphlet is a digest of everything that could be said against Independency and in favour of Presbyterianism. But the grand tenet of Presbyterianism in which Mr. Edwards revels with most delight, and which he exhibits as the distinguishing ...
— The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 • David Masson
... animals, he was not at all frightened. In fact, when he noticed that he was being carried down to the bottom of the river, where it was cool and refreshing, he uttered no word of complaint, but rather enjoyed the experience.The crocodile crawled in to a cave, and prepared to digest the marionette at its leisure. Pinocchio was naturally annoyed at this and began to ...
— Pinocchio in Africa • Cherubini
... he said that circumstances were altered, and, after reading over the latter part of Willum's letter, left Lawrence to digest it at his leisure. ...
— Rivers of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne
... particulars, relating to the capability of the ostrich to digest hard substances, is given by Mr. Fuller, in his Tour of the Turkish Empire:—"An ostrich, belonging to an English gentleman, arrived at Cairo from Upper Egypt, and afforded us an opportunity of observing this curious peculiarity in the ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, - Issue 572, October 20, 1832 • Various
... Asthmatic, "but I think I could digest the stuff if I could only breathe more easily. This wind is ...
— The Unknown Quantity - A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales • Henry van Dyke
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