There were other metrical versions of various parts of the Bible. Midway between Bede and Orm came Langland's poem, "The Vision of Piers Plowman," which paraphrased so much of the Scripture.英文原著 · 《A Study of Bible》
Under Edward VI., the boy king, coming to the throne at nine and dying at fifteen, the regency with Crammer at its head earned its bad name. But while its members were shamelessly despoiling churches and enriching themselves they did one great service for the Bible. They cast off all restrictions on its translation and publication. The order for a Great Bible in every church was renewed, and there was to be added to it a copy of Erasmus's paraphrase of the four gospels. Nearly fifty editions of the Bible, in whole or in part, appeared in those six years.英文原著 · 《A Study of Bible》
Edmund Spenser and his friend, Sir Philip Sidney, had closed their work before the King James version appeared, yet the Faerie Queene in its religious theory is Puritan to the core, and Sidney is best remembered by his paraphrases of Scripture. The influence of both was even greater in the Jacobean than in their own period.英文原著 · 《A Study of Bible》
So we sing Addison in the paraphrase of Scripture, which Haydn's music has made familiar:英文原著 · 《A Study of Bible》
* Paraphrase for the noun substantive "idiot." It is also a specimen of the Greek figure "litotes."英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
But to paraphrase Balzac, behind every great fortune, there is great cruelty.美剧 · 《Billions》
Doesn't even have to be a quote, just something... that I can paraphrase, like, "According to someone close to the administration..." Doesn't have to be on the record.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
So, if I could paraphrase what our star pupil just pointed out, sometimes it's just a matter of finding the "Dupe" in "Duplex." And there it was again, that sweet music -- 18 people laughing.美剧 · 《Modern Family》