[Bell Historians] Re: St Paul's buckets

[Andrew Higson]

Thank you, John, for a) giving me the reference which I had long since forgotten and b) correcting my corrupted memory banks.

 

I hope to be able to use it as an inscription on a bell before I die or retire, or possibly after if funds permit.

 

Andrew Higson

Taylors, Eayre and Smith Ltd

The Bellfoundry

Freehold Street

Loughborough

LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No. 1352309

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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Camp
Sent: 01 October 2007 11:46
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Re: St Paul's buckets

 

At 11:27 on 01 October 2007, Andrew Higson wrote:

> Favourite line from the book of Psalms - Ears they hath and hear not
> - it seems so appropriate to many of our discussions!

Misremembered, I fear.

BCP: "They have ears, and hear not: noses have they and smell not." (Ps
115.6; "They have ears, and yet they hear not: neither is there any
breath in their mouths." (Ps 135.17). KJV is similar.

You can't have 'they hath' any more than you can have 'they has'.
'Hath' is singular - an earlier version of 'has'.

John Camp

 

           
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