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... died than allow a king to reign over them ; so they watched Cæsar with some alarm , and determined to keep him from becoming any greater than he was . These people thought , that as Cæsar was so very extravagant , he might probably ...
... died than allow a king to reign over them ; so they watched Cæsar with some alarm , and determined to keep him from becoming any greater than he was . These people thought , that as Cæsar was so very extravagant , he might probably ...
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... died for the glory of Cæsar and Alexander . In the course of one bloody day , Cæsar killed three hundred thousand men , who had as much right to live as he had himself , and who had laid down their arms and made no resistance ; so that ...
... died for the glory of Cæsar and Alexander . In the course of one bloody day , Cæsar killed three hundred thousand men , who had as much right to live as he had himself , and who had laid down their arms and made no resistance ; so that ...
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... died , provided he could show what a hero he was ; and whichever of his soldiers was the bravest in battle might be sure that Cæsar would notice it , and give him some magnificent reward . He seemed only to wish for money and treasures ...
... died , provided he could show what a hero he was ; and whichever of his soldiers was the bravest in battle might be sure that Cæsar would notice it , and give him some magnificent reward . He seemed only to wish for money and treasures ...
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... died ; and the people of Rome were so proud of Cæsar's victories , that they resolved , out of reverence for him , that she should be buried at their expense in the most splendid manner that had ever been seen JULIUS CÆSAR . 33.
... died ; and the people of Rome were so proud of Cæsar's victories , that they resolved , out of reverence for him , that she should be buried at their expense in the most splendid manner that had ever been seen JULIUS CÆSAR . 33.
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... died a natural death themselves . Almost every one is known to have either been killed or to have destroyed himself . Soon after the death of Cæsar , a great battle was fought at Philippi : and before it took place we are told that ...
... died a natural death themselves . Almost every one is known to have either been killed or to have destroyed himself . Soon after the death of Cæsar , a great battle was fought at Philippi : and before it took place we are told that ...
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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.