"Tittle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... full attendance—and once more Caterina knelt before the altar and repeated her hard lesson, taught by that imperious ruler who knew how to hold the sea "in true and perpetual dominion," and who would not suffer 'his beloved daughter' to fail in one jot or tittle of her act ...
— The Royal Pawn of Venice - A Romance of Cyprus • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
... forgive the believer on confession, because the believer is a child of God. With the sinner it is a question of law, of justice, of right. Hence, the Lord Jesus said, "Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law" (Matt. 5:18). "Every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward" (Heb. 2:2); but there is no "just recompense of reward" at all, if God lets the sinner off from the just penalty of his sins because ...
— God's Plan with Men • T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin
... the tense-strained rope-strands sunder, say that either band prevail! Shall not "conquer" in the issue prove a Synonym for "fail"? "Banded Unions persecute," and Federated Money Bags Will not prove a jot or tittle juster. Fools! Haul down those flags! Competition is not conflict. So the Grand Old Casuist says, Speaking with the sager caution of his earlier calmer days. True! Athletic rivals straining at the tense tough-stranded rope, Strain in friendly competition, ruin ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., Nov. 1, 1890 • Various
... said that this was a great proof of the truth of the Scriptures. Sez he: "Our Saviour said that one jot or tittle of ...
— Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife • Marietta Holley
... do say these people can do things without making the slightest tittle of noise. At any ...
— The Eustace Diamonds • Anthony Trollope
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