"Prelusive" Quotes from Famous Books
... were it possible that a primary law of pure Christianity had been set aside for generations, how came it that evils so gross had stirred no whispers of reproach before 1834? How came it that no aurora of early light, no prelusive murmurs of scrupulosity even from themselves, had run before this wild levanter of change? Heretofore or now there must have been huge error on their own showing. Heretofore they must have been traitorously below their duty, or now ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 • Various |