Receive

Famous quotes containing the word receive:

    This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
    MEvery nighte and alle,
    Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
    And Christe receive thy saule.
    Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)

    Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?
    Bible: Hebrew, Job 2:10.

    Job.

    When first the college rolls receive his name,
    The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
    Through all his veins the fever of renown
    Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)