"Sum up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is probably the most picturesque corner of the town, while over the tops of the trees peers the grey tower of the ancient Priory church. These three buildings—the Priory, the Castle, and the Mill—sum up the simple history of the place. The Castle for defence, the Priory for prayer, the Mill for bread; and of Christchurch it may be said, both by the historian and the modern sightseer, haec tria ...
— Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch • Sidney Heath
... We may sum up the contrast between the undying Light and the lamps that go out in the old words: 'They truly were many, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death, but this Man, because He continueth ever... is able to save unto the uttermost ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. John Chapters I to XIV • Alexander Maclaren
... assumed its former air of earnestness, and it was not hard to see that the arrival of my unhappy and degraded fellow-countryman had introduced a new element into the debate. Man after man spoke, and finally the chief rose, as I had little doubt, to sum up the discussion. He pointed to myself, and to William Bludger alternately, and the words which I had already noted, Thargeelyah, and farmakoi, frequently recurred in his speech. His ideas seemed to meet with general approval; ...
— In the Wrong Paradise • Andrew Lang
... To sum up this feature of the proceeding—the Republican majority of the Senate placed themselves and their party in the attitude of prosecutors in the case—instead of judges sworn to give the President an impartial trial and judgment that their course had the appearance, at least, of a conspiracy to evict ...
— History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, • Edumud G. Ross
... as she stood there repressing under a stoical blankness of expression, emotions which he thought must sum up to a ...
— A Pagan of the Hills • Charles Neville Buck
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