Good Book

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the Good Book

  1. (Christianity) The Bible.
    • 1775, John Wesley, An extract of the Rev. Mr John Wesley's journal, from his embarking for Georgia, to his return to London.‎[1], page 22:
      I told him "If Red men will learn the good Book, they may know as much as white men [...]"
    • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter I, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 19:
      Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know.
    • 1894, S. R. Crockett, chapter 4, in The Raiders‎[2], page 40:
      "Mind ye, Paitrick," he used to say, "that the Good Book says, 'A soft answer turneth away wrath.' Now keep your temper, laddie. [...]"

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