[T]he holy Pen-men of the Nevv Teſtament ſeem to have borrovv'd and apply'd it [the word mystery] to ſome of the Great and Arduous Truths of Chriſtianity, ſuch as human Reaſon cannot give a clear and explicit Account of.
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Penman
Synonyms for "penman" (11 found)
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Bulgarian
1 entries- писател noun (journalist or other author)
Macedonian
1 entries- пи́сател noun (journalist or other author)
Swedish
2 entries- skribent noun (journalist or other author)
- skriftställare noun (journalist or other author)
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Well, I often wish I were a penman; but I never could do it. I’ll read any day as long as you like, but that writing, I could never manage.
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You have a very bad opinion indeed of the present state of Literature and of literary men, if you fancy that any one of us would hesitate to stick a knife into his neighbour penman, if the latter's death could do the state any service.
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But there had been total silence. The Captain evidently was not a great penman, and Rosamond reflected that the sisters might have been abroad.
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