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Marry not women who are idolaters, until they believe: verily a maid-servant who believeth is better than an idolatress, although she please you more. And give not women who believe in marriage to the idolaters, until they believe; for verily a servant who is a true believer, is better than an idolater, though he please you more.
Well might Christ think it necessary to preface them with the solemn affirmation which always, upon His lips, points, as it were, an emphatic finger to, or underlines that which He is about to proclaim. 'Verily I say unto you, if we had not His own word for it, we might hesitate to believe.
And, meanwhile, if they get their shilling a-day of fighting-pay, they are content. I had almost said, they ought to be content. For science is, I verily believe, like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
Byron speaks of the barbarians who, in the wantonness of power, were 'butchered to make a Roman holiday; and verily the horrors exhibited in our public gardens and menageries are something akin to the fights of gladiators; it is the infliction of misery for mere sport.
How it wears a man out to have to read up a hundred pages of history every two or three miles for verily the celebrated localities of Palestine occur that close together. How wearily, how bewilderingly they swarm about your path! In due time we reached the ancient village of Magdala. Magdala is not a beautiful place.
"That verily will they," the knight replied, for he had many a time been engaged in stout conflict with them, and knew how hard it was even for mail clad knights to break through the close lines of Scottish spears.
At another he tells us: "The art of painting cannot be truly judged save by such as are themselves good painters; from others verily is it hidden even as a strange tongue." Every "finely touched and gifted man" is not an artist; but every true artist must, in some measure, be a finely touched and gifted man.
And further We said: "We make mention of thee for the sake of God, and desire that thy name may be exalted through thy remembrance of God, the Creator of earth and of heaven. He, verily, is witness unto that which I say. We have been informed that thou hast forbidden the trading in slaves, both men and women. This, verily, is what God hath enjoined in this wondrous Revelation.
"They're queer people, verily, with water in their veins instead of blood. You and I wouldn't be like that, should we? though you have taken up such a discouraging position about caring for a fellow." "I care for art," poor Biddy returned. "You do, to some purpose" and Peter glanced at the bust. "To that of making you laugh at me." But this he didn't heed. "Would you give a good man up for 'art'?"
Not a day passed without our meeting; and after my heart had moved me to tell Cousin Maud all that had happened, and Herdegen had given his consent, we were rid once for all of the mystery which had at first weighed on our souls. Verily the worthy lady found it no light matter to look kindly on this early and ill-matched betrothal; yet had she not the heart, nor the power, to make any resistance.
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