Concept
Thorn (letter)
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letter of the Latin alphabet
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The Latin text is responsible for this interpretation; it reads, "stimulus carnis," a spear, or thorn for the flesh. Yet that rendering does not do justice to the words. Paul is not in the habit of terming temptations of the flesh "thorns." The thorn stands rather for something painful and afflicting. In "a thorn of the flesh" the thought is not of an instrumentality whereby the flesh stings, but of something that…
Martin Luther, Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2
The chapter “PAUL'S THORN IN THE FLESH AND HUMILITY.” is titled for Thorn; names Thorn several times.
No less esteemed, too, in the same country, is a certain kind of thorn,[856] though only the black variety, its wood being imperishable, in water even, a quality which renders it particularly valuable for making the sides of ships: on the other hand, the white kinds will rot very rapidly. It has sharp, prickly thorns on the leaves even, and bears its seeds in pods; they are employed for the same purposes as galls in…
the Elder Pliny, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3
The chapter “CHAP. 19.—THE EGYPTIAN THORN.” is titled for Thorn; names Thorn twice.
THOMPSON, Mr., on the peach and nectarine, 10; —on the varieties of the apricot, 10; —classification of varieties of cherries, 10; —on the “Sister ribston-pippin,” 10; —on the varieties of the gooseberry, 10 (2). THOMPSON, WILLIAM, on the pigeons of Islay, 6; —feral pigeons in Scotland, 6; —colour of the bill and legs in geese, 8; —breeding of _Tetrao scotius_ in captivity, 18; —destruction of black fowls by the…
Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
Names Thorn twice.
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