As so I penned It down, until at last it came to be,
For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, Apology for his Book
Dark as pitch.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. I
The name of the Sloughwas Despond.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. I
He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. II
Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. I
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. I
Know, prudent cautious self-control Is wisdom’s root.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. II
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. II
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is “lighter than vanity.”
– John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. I
John Bunyan, (it is said) published on this date9/28/1678, his famous Pilgrim’s Progress.
(Note: It was licensed in February but may well not have been published till September.)
