Excerpt from Stokes' Cyclopædia of Familiar Quotations: Containing Five Thousand Selections From Six Hundred Authors, With a Complete General Index and an Index of Authors The storehouse of language and thought which lies within the covers of the Bible has purposely been drawn upon very scantily. And then more by way of annotation than of direct quotation. More than sufficient material has been found in more modern fields to fill the space originally allotted to this volume. And to enter the sacred field without reaping an ample harvest would prove but an aggravation to the seeker after Biblical lore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.