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"english": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...",
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{
"english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
"roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
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"english": "Christ then looked up towards the rich man...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE\"\nCrist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...",
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"english": "...do not look at a woman's appearance...",
"text": "Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum\n...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hiw...",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"english": "Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Chair of Saint Peter\"\n...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.",
"roman": "Nān mann þe his hand āsett on his sulh and onbæc besihþ nis andfenġe Godes rīċe.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 9:62",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Christ then looked up towards the rich man...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE\"\nCrist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "...do not look at a woman's appearance...",
"text": "Early 11th c., Defensor's translation of Liber Scintillarum\n...nā besēoh þū on wīfes hiw...",
"type": "quotation"
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