Word: deborah
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...English vocabulary was large. The language is perhaps artificial, but that is owing to the many translations made of it, In reading the English Bible as a piece of literature, read it as a collection of stories that form pieces of literature by themselves. Read the song of Deborah (Judges, chap. v.) as an ode,-as a magnificent specimen of English literature. Read the seventh chapter of Proverbs for a sketch of manners...