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... loved very much . Cæsar refused to do this ; and finding that his life was in danger from the cruelty of Sylla , he made his escape to some distant countries , where he wandered about for a long time without any home . In those days ...
... loved very much . Cæsar refused to do this ; and finding that his life was in danger from the cruelty of Sylla , he made his escape to some distant countries , where he wandered about for a long time without any home . In those days ...
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... loved the Roman people so much , that when he walked over the field of battle after Pompey's first victory , and saw all the brave soldiers who were lying dead on the plain , he covered his face with his hands , and burst into tears ...
... loved the Roman people so much , that when he walked over the field of battle after Pompey's first victory , and saw all the brave soldiers who were lying dead on the plain , he covered his face with his hands , and burst into tears ...
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... loved . How merciful and wise it is of God to conceal the future from our know- ledge ; for we could seldom enjoy present events if we knew all that was approaching ; we should become impatient for what was to be agreeable , and afraid ...
... loved . How merciful and wise it is of God to conceal the future from our know- ledge ; for we could seldom enjoy present events if we knew all that was approaching ; we should become impatient for what was to be agreeable , and afraid ...
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... loved by the people of Rome . Cæsar was now raised to higher honours than ever . Cicero was one of the cleverest men and greatest orators who ever lived , but he was so vain as often to praise himself — a foolish practice , which causes ...
... loved by the people of Rome . Cæsar was now raised to higher honours than ever . Cicero was one of the cleverest men and greatest orators who ever lived , but he was so vain as often to praise himself — a foolish practice , which causes ...
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... loved Cæsar , but he loved his country still more ; therefore nothing made him so un- happy as to think that Rome might one day lose its liberty , and be enslaved to one man , even though that one were his own friend who had been kind ...
... loved Cæsar , but he loved his country still more ; therefore nothing made him so un- happy as to think that Rome might one day lose its liberty , and be enslaved to one man , even though that one were his own friend who had been kind ...
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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.