"Twain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the beginning of this chapter follow as a matter of course when an opinion or theory is put in the place of truth. Then come the inflexible narrowness of bigotry, the hot zeal of the persecutor, the sectarian strife which has torn the Church in twain. The remedy and prevention for these are to recognize that the basis of religion is in faith, in a living sight of God, the soul, duty, immortality, which are ...
— Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors • James Freeman Clarke
... down the glade— "Squirrel, squirrel, if you're not afraid, Come and share with me!" Down came squirrel eager for his fare— Down came bonny blackbird I declare; Little Bell gave each his honest share— Ah the merry three! And the while these frolic playmates twain Piped and frisked from bough to bough again, 'Neath the morning skies, In the little childish heart below All the sweetness seemed to grow and grow, And shine out in happy overflow ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 1 (of 4) • Various
... though it could not be guessed. But even in the mind of him who experiences it to-day it must upset all preconceived notions concerning education and culture; to such an one the veil will seem to have been rent in twain that conceals a future in which no highest good or highest joys exist that are not the common property of all. The odium attaching to the word ...
— Thoughts out of Season (Part One) • Friedrich Nietzsche
... with anger and mortification, resumed her place; the ceremony recommenced. This time there was no interruption, and in ten minutes the twain ...
— The Unseen Bridgegroom - or, Wedded For a Week • May Agnes Fleming
... where the fatal wound had been given. Just in front of the fore leg the lead had entered and gone through the heart. No animal, so far as known, amounts to any thing after his heart has been torn in twain, though he may live ...
— The Hunters of the Ozark • Edward S. Ellis
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