Heroes: A Study for School Boys of the Principles of Christianity as Illustrated in the Lives of Great Men and Women |
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... defeat and discouraged by the impotence of the court . What they lacked was a leader and the enthusiasm of success , while the English were soon paralyzed by their superstitious fears . On the other hand , Joan displayed remarkable ...
... defeat and discouraged by the impotence of the court . What they lacked was a leader and the enthusiasm of success , while the English were soon paralyzed by their superstitious fears . On the other hand , Joan displayed remarkable ...
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... defeat , when , through jealousy and cowardice , her men failed to storm Paris , which was still held by the enemy . She turned with a handful of men to attack the Burgundians , who were in league with the British , she was defeated ...
... defeat , when , through jealousy and cowardice , her men failed to storm Paris , which was still held by the enemy . She turned with a handful of men to attack the Burgundians , who were in league with the British , she was defeated ...
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... Belgium . Apply it to individuals , as St. George , St. Augus- tine , Napoleon , Christ , and to men of your own times . Apply it to your own life . Fourth Week , Sixth Day : Joan's Defeat And be 37 JOAN OF ARC [ IV - 5 ]
... Belgium . Apply it to individuals , as St. George , St. Augus- tine , Napoleon , Christ , and to men of your own times . Apply it to your own life . Fourth Week , Sixth Day : Joan's Defeat And be 37 JOAN OF ARC [ IV - 5 ]
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... Defeat And be not afraid of them that kill the body , but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell . - Matt . 10:28 . Then saith Jesus unto him , Put up again thy sword into ...
... Defeat And be not afraid of them that kill the body , but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell . - Matt . 10:28 . Then saith Jesus unto him , Put up again thy sword into ...
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... spirit against the flesh , ending in the death of the body and victory or defeat for the soul . The life of Jesus Christ is the greatest drama ever enacted -a drama lived out in real life , culminating in 51 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [ VI - 1 ]
... spirit against the flesh , ending in the death of the body and victory or defeat for the soul . The life of Jesus Christ is the greatest drama ever enacted -a drama lived out in real life , culminating in 51 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [ VI - 1 ]
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Page 52 - And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say I taught thee Say Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in A sure and safe one, though thy master missed it.
Page 53 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Page 34 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 21 - This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Page 50 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 23 - Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 4 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 137 - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Page 141 - And it came to pass when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Page 51 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.