Inside Very busy today – I’d love to linger over these, but sterner duties call, so just a picture and a quotation each. It’s Bunyan’s 386th birthday: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan#mediaviewer/File:John_Bunyan.jpg ‘…CHR. This town of Fair-speech, said Christian, I have heard of; and, as I remember, they say it is a wealthy place. BY-ENDS. Yes, I will assure you that it is; and I have very many rich kindred there. CHR. Pray, who are your kindred there? if a man may be so bold. BY-ENDS. Almost the whole town; and in particular, my Lord Turn-about, my Lord Time-server, my Lord Fair-speech, (from whose ancestors that town first took its name), also Mr. Smooth-man, Mr. Facing-both-ways, Mr. Any-thing; and the parson of our parish, Mr. Two-tongues, was my mothers own brother by fathers side; and to tell you the truth, I am become a gentleman of good quality, yet my great-grandfather was but a waterman, looking one way and rowing another, and I got most of my estate by the same occupation. CHR. Are you a married man? BY-ENDS. Yes, and my wife is a very virtuous woman, the daughter of a virtuous woman; she was my Lady Feignings daughter, therefore she came of a very honourable family, and is arrived to such a pitch of breeding, that she knows how to carry it to all, even to prince and peasant. It is true we somewhat differ in religion from those of the stricter sort, yet but in two small points: first, we never strive against wind and tide; secondly, we are always most zealous when religion goes in his silver slippers; we love much to walk with him in the street, if the sun shines, and the people applaud him….’ There are other and better things to quote. Please do; or dissent, concur, mock, approve, undermine, develop or transmogrify.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:20:53 +0000
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