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... Brutus . " The meaning of this was , that Junius Brutus , who had lived a very long time before , had in those days killed Tarquin , because he called himself the king of Rome . Now , there was a person called Brutus who lived in the ...
... Brutus . " The meaning of this was , that Junius Brutus , who had lived a very long time before , had in those days killed Tarquin , because he called himself the king of Rome . Now , there was a person called Brutus who lived in the ...
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Catherine Sinclair. Brutus who lived in the days of Cæsar , and who was supposed to be descended from Junius Brutus ; he was one of the most virtuous men then living , and always acted according to that which appeared to be his duty ...
Catherine Sinclair. Brutus who lived in the days of Cæsar , and who was supposed to be descended from Junius Brutus ; he was one of the most virtuous men then living , and always acted according to that which appeared to be his duty ...
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... Brutus received letters with- out knowing from whom they came , asking why he did not deliver Rome from the tyrant , and saying , " You sleep , Brutus ! " " You are not Brutus ! " and many such words , showing that the persons who wrote ...
... Brutus received letters with- out knowing from whom they came , asking why he did not deliver Rome from the tyrant , and saying , " You sleep , Brutus ! " " You are not Brutus ! " and many such words , showing that the persons who wrote ...
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... Brutus's friends had also discovered the whole secret of the plot , and fearing he might not be able to speak a word to Cæsar , he wrote it all down , and handed the paper towards him . Having observed that as fast as 60 ANECDOTES OF ...
... Brutus's friends had also discovered the whole secret of the plot , and fearing he might not be able to speak a word to Cæsar , he wrote it all down , and handed the paper towards him . Having observed that as fast as 60 ANECDOTES OF ...
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... Brutus was anxious to cause as little bloodshed as possible , so he would not consent ; but as Antony was a very strong man , and might perhaps try to defend Cæsar , he was detained at the door by a person who pretended he had something ...
... Brutus was anxious to cause as little bloodshed as possible , so he would not consent ; but as Antony was a very strong man , and might perhaps try to defend Cæsar , he was detained at the door by a person who pretended he had something ...
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Seite 99 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Seite 111 - I am now ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them, also, that love His appearing.
Seite 152 - And just as he added at the last, "Woe, woe to myself also!
Seite 20 - Man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them ; he came not to curse, but to bless us, by turning away every one of us from his iniquities.
Seite 122 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Seite 106 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Seite 180 - ... spite, however, of the edicts of the governing powers and the violence of the mob, the new faith continued to make progress. For some years prior to 1590, 10,000 natives were, it was reckoned, annually gained over to Christianity; and the state of affairs certainly seemed to prove the truth of the saying that the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.
Seite 65 - O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?
Seite 180 - In the general, that there shall be such a happy period as the millennium, that ' the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High,' Dan. vii. 27. that Christ shall have ' the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession,
Seite 106 - Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.