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... saying , that he insisted on being allowed to land out of their ship immediately . The pirates laughed very loud at this , and began to make a mock of the Roman , bowing to him , and asking his pardon for having taken the liberty to ...
... saying , that he insisted on being allowed to land out of their ship immediately . The pirates laughed very loud at this , and began to make a mock of the Roman , bowing to him , and asking his pardon for having taken the liberty to ...
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... saying that they ought to be treated mercifully , and not be put to death . This was making a good use of his courage , when he tried to serve people in distress , and who had nobody to help them . But Cato spoke next , and said they ...
... saying that they ought to be treated mercifully , and not be put to death . This was making a good use of his courage , when he tried to serve people in distress , and who had nobody to help them . But Cato spoke next , and said they ...
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... saying , he was now as old without having yet made himself as celebrated . It was not long , however , before Julius Cæsar became as famous as Alexander the Great had been , for both of them won more battles , and conquered more ...
... saying , he was now as old without having yet made himself as celebrated . It was not long , however , before Julius Cæsar became as famous as Alexander the Great had been , for both of them won more battles , and conquered more ...
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... saying , " Look on this side for your enemy ! " Another time , his soldiers were very nearly defeated by a nation called the Nervii , who first concealed their wives and children , and all their most valuable property , in a great ...
... saying , " Look on this side for your enemy ! " Another time , his soldiers were very nearly defeated by a nation called the Nervii , who first concealed their wives and children , and all their most valuable property , in a great ...
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... saying , and found out that they were friends of Ptolemy , who were planning to get rid of Cæsar by mixing poison with his food during supper . Immediately he hastened to tell his master of this dangerous conspiracy , who killed ...
... saying , and found out that they were friends of Ptolemy , who were planning to get rid of Cæsar by mixing poison with his food during supper . Immediately he hastened to tell his master of this dangerous conspiracy , who killed ...
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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.