Quote#Nature
A cold coming they had of it at this time of the year, just the worst…
Quote byLancelot Andrewes · 1555–1626
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speaking of the Three Magi in Sermon 15, "Of the Nativity" (Christmas Day, 1622).
English (original)
A cold coming they had of it at this time of the year, just the worst time of the year to take a journey, and specially a long journey. The ways deep, the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off, in solstitio brumali, ‘the very dead of winter’.
— Lancelot Andrewes
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