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... remained quiet , and left his friends to manage his affairs for him at Rome ; but Cæsar could not rest inactive ; and such success had always followed him in whatever he undertook , that he almost believed that nothing could possibly ...
... remained quiet , and left his friends to manage his affairs for him at Rome ; but Cæsar could not rest inactive ; and such success had always followed him in whatever he undertook , that he almost believed that nothing could possibly ...
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... remained in Rome after the de- parture of Pompey were extremely well treated by Cæsar , who was anxious to make them his friends , and he seldom failed to gain the heart of any person whom he wished to please , because his manner was so ...
... remained in Rome after the de- parture of Pompey were extremely well treated by Cæsar , who was anxious to make them his friends , and he seldom failed to gain the heart of any person whom he wished to please , because his manner was so ...
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... remained that he was betraying the whole secret ; so Cassius and some of the others resolved instantly to kill themselves with the daggers they had prepared for Cæsar rather than fall into his hands ; 6 JULIUS CÆSAR . 61.
... remained that he was betraying the whole secret ; so Cassius and some of the others resolved instantly to kill themselves with the daggers they had prepared for Cæsar rather than fall into his hands ; 6 JULIUS CÆSAR . 61.
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... remained very long doubtful which of two great men should next become emperor of Rome - Antony , the friend of Cæsar , or Augus- tus the son of Cæsar's niece . Those persons always succeed best , however , who persevere with diligence ...
... remained very long doubtful which of two great men should next become emperor of Rome - Antony , the friend of Cæsar , or Augus- tus the son of Cæsar's niece . Those persons always succeed best , however , who persevere with diligence ...
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... remained undisturbed . Tiberius often retired to live nearly alone in the beautiful island of Capres , where he indulged himself in scenes of vicious pleasure ; and even in his old age , when bending under the weight of years , he still ...
... remained undisturbed . Tiberius often retired to live nearly alone in the beautiful island of Capres , where he indulged himself in scenes of vicious pleasure ; and even in his old age , when bending under the weight of years , he still ...
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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.