Sentence examples for a holy text from inspiring English sources

The unfinished Paris manuscripts, a holy text in the nineteen-sixties, did not appear in English until 1959.

Our previous prime minister, Julia Gillard, made an affirmation of allegiance instead of swearing her oath of office on a holy text.

"I regard every word Agatha Christie ever wrote almost as a holy text, so I'm not going to be taking any liberties," said Hannah.

And she hails a "wonderful" book called How Not to Write a Novel, by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittelmark, "the closest thing I had to a holy text.

I remember a yellow volume of lyrics by the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, which seemed to be a holy text to her, and a thick, fraying English dictionary with a maroon cover that was pulled out for Scrabble games.

I loathe the phony, singsong reading voice that most writers adopt, a kind of spooky incantatory tone that implies they are reading a holy text in a language you don't understand..

He also said that "the desecration of any holy text, including the Koran, is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry".

"The desecration of any holy text, including the Koran, is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry," he said.

Remember, be as Respectful towards the Qur'an, as you would with any holy text!

This Zen of Goldilocks has a corresponding holy text and a shrine, of sorts.

The Tao Te Ching, the closest thing to a Taoist holy text, is only 5,000 words.