At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.

One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.

It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race.

I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.