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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... sent off to school , first to Madaura , and later to Carthage , the second city of the Roman Empire . He had had , as Neander says , " Whatever treasures of virtue and worth the life of faith can bestow set before him by his pious ...
... sent off to school , first to Madaura , and later to Carthage , the second city of the Roman Empire . He had had , as Neander says , " Whatever treasures of virtue and worth the life of faith can bestow set before him by his pious ...
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... sent empty away . -Luke 1 : 46-48 ; 51-53 . In a man - made world , womanhood has not had its due . Most of the great names of history are those of men and most of the spectacular deeds have been done by men . Yet scarcely one of these ...
... sent empty away . -Luke 1 : 46-48 ; 51-53 . In a man - made world , womanhood has not had its due . Most of the great names of history are those of men and most of the spectacular deeds have been done by men . Yet scarcely one of these ...
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... sent me . And this is the will of him that sent me , that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing , but should_raise it up at the last day . For this is the will of my Father , that every one that beholdeth the Son ...
... sent me . And this is the will of him that sent me , that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing , but should_raise it up at the last day . For this is the will of my Father , that every one that beholdeth the Son ...
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... sent to France to the royal school at Brienne . He was a hard student , interested especially in science , and he also reveled in Plutarch's " Lives . " His knowledge he applied to the " war game , " in which he led the entire school ...
... sent to France to the royal school at Brienne . He was a hard student , interested especially in science , and he also reveled in Plutarch's " Lives . " His knowledge he applied to the " war game , " in which he led the entire school ...
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... sent armies against Spain and Holland , in which countries he tried to set up his brothers as kings . During this time he carried on further campaigns in the Danube country , and was continually harass- ing England . Finding himself ...
... sent armies against Spain and Holland , in which countries he tried to set up his brothers as kings . During this time he carried on further campaigns in the Danube country , and was continually harass- ing England . Finding himself ...
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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.