quote chapter and verse
Example Sentences
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A dropout from Harvard, the colonel can make quips in Latin, quote chapter and verse from the Bible, cite Shakespeare, track Indians, shoot straight, speak Dutch and, most of all, keep his own counsel.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018
Haven’t read Koran so couldn’t quote chapter and verse like I can for Bible.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2013
Dorfman was conversant in the current best sellers and would routinely quote chapter and verse from famous philosophers about life’s challenges.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2011
It is a tribute to his scholarship that he can quote chapter and verse for every phrase in them, to his style that the reading flows along with no patchwork effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
In particular it was said that he was well acquainted with divinity, and could quote chapter and verse of the Bible against the parson.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
