"Very reverend" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... others,—a man who has been dipped in the river of God (a surer baptism than Styx or dragon's blood) till his character is of perfect proof, and who appears plainly as the very soul and life of the young Colony. Very reverend and godly he truly was, and a respect not merely ceremonious, but personal, a respect that savors of love, shows itself in the letters addressed to him. Charity and tolerance flow so naturally from the pen of Williams that it is plain they were in ...
— Among My Books - First Series • James Russell Lowell
... approved, he cannot serve in the mission. I order my viceroys, presidents, and governors of each and every part of the said my Indias, on whom falls the execution of the said royal patronage; and I request and charge the very reverend and the reverend fathers in Christ, the archbishops and bishops of the Indias—each one of them in what concerns him—to observe and obey this my decree, and its contents, exactly and punctually, without permitting ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various
... infinitely transcends others, how rapid soever their course; it is distant from us, yet very near; it pervades the whole system of worlds, yet is infinitely beyond it.' [Footnote: Ibid. Vol. XIII.] Now, my Lord, and very reverend sirs, do not the words quoted come to us clean of mystery? Or have you the shadow of a doubt whom they mean, accept and consider the prayer I read you now from the same Vedas: 'O Thou who givest sustenance to the world, Thou sole mover of all, Thou who ...
— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace
... Sent to our very reverend Father Claudio Aquaviva, general of that Society, by Father Pedro Chirino, procurator ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XII, 1601-1604 • Edited by Blair and Robertson
... the office of expositor.—"My very reverend Aunt," said Jaz, "I must prolegomenize the required explanation with ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan |
