Indeed, it was impossible, remembering the first promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent, and the later assurance that in the seed of Abraham should be the universal blessing, for a faithful Jew to forget that all the history of his race was the evolution of some grand hope, a pilgrimage towards some goal unseen.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
He would like nothing better, in his present mood, than to undertake the whole pilgrimage, and, as it were, cudgel his way through; and since it is late in the day for this, he chooses the short cut by the gallows, as the next best thing.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
A pilgrimage round the county is like climbing a succession of ridges.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton