The very pith of the thing was the act of amnesty and oblivion.

These passages were the very pith and marrow of the poems.

This is the very pith of the Law of God.

The "Echoes" were, M. Walter said, the very pith of the paper.

This text touches the very pith of Paul's chief doctrine.

Mr. Prendergast was afraid to bring out the very pith of his story in so abrupt a manner.

Yet was not the very pith of it spoken by Ruskin when he stood upon this identical spot?

The very pith and marrow of life is baked out of their young bones by the hot-air chambers to which they are accustomed.

That seemed to me the very pith of Mrs. Yocomb's teaching, and I think she made it clear that it's always best to do right.