"a" vs. "an"

[John Holland <uunet!robcad!john -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET>]

...and "my" vs. "mine"; "thy" vs. "thine"....

Here are some salient quotes from the King James Translation of
Psalms 119 and the Book of Proverbs:

PSALMS 119:
11:     "Thy word have I hid in mine heart...."
32:     "...when thou shalt enlarge my heart."

157:    "Many are my persecutors and mine enemies...."
161:    "...but my heart standeth in awe of thy word."

PROVERBS:
1:9:    "...an ornament of grace unto thy head...."
2:2:    "...incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart...."
3:27:   "...in the power of thine hand to do it."
4:21:   "...keep them in the midst of thine heart."
4:23:   "Keep thy heart with all diligence...."
5:9:    "Lest thou give thine honour unto others...."
6:18:   "An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations...."
15:19:  "...an hedge of thorns...."
16:18:  "...an haughty spirit before a fall."
16:19:  "...an humble spirit with the lowly...."
16:2:   "...an honeycomb, sweet to the soul...."
17:1:   "...an house full of sacrifices...."
17:10:  "...an hundred stripes into a fool."
20:3:   "It is an honour for a man to cease from strife...."
20:9:   "...I have made my heart clean...."
20:13:  "...open thine eyes...."
21:4:   "An high look...."
22:17:  "Bow down thine ear...and apply thine heart...."

23:18:  "...and thine expectation shall not be cut off...."
24:14:  "...and thy expectation shall not be cut off...."

24:27:  "...and afterwards build thine house."
25:20:  "...he that singeth songs to an heavy heart."
27:10:  "Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not...."
27:11:  "...make my heart glad...."
27:23:  "...look well to thy herds...."

Comparing Psalms 199:11 with v. 32, and Proverbs 23:28 with 24:14,
reminds me of the quote which I attribute to Francis Bacon in an
essay titled "Of Gardens": "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds." (If that quote isn't accurate, I'd appreciate
being corrected.)

John Holland, Herzliya, Israel          uunet!robcad!john