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Page vii
... give us an Erasmus far different from this imagined one . Jove and Rhadamanthus , with their supernal and awe - inspiring presence , disappear from the scene , and in their stead there emerges a little man , infirm in health , querulous ...
... give us an Erasmus far different from this imagined one . Jove and Rhadamanthus , with their supernal and awe - inspiring presence , disappear from the scene , and in their stead there emerges a little man , infirm in health , querulous ...
Page ix
... give consolation to the friends of the struggling Luther , which buoyed up wonderfully for the moment the courage of that battling monk ; then , before the ink was dry on his pen , he would indite a letter to the reigning Pontiff ...
... give consolation to the friends of the struggling Luther , which buoyed up wonderfully for the moment the courage of that battling monk ; then , before the ink was dry on his pen , he would indite a letter to the reigning Pontiff ...
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... give later with its proper 19 2 context . It is borne in upon us that all this romantic story shrouding the birth of Erasmus was invented by him because there was something to con- ceal , and the facts as we now have them bear us out in ...
... give later with its proper 19 2 context . It is borne in upon us that all this romantic story shrouding the birth of Erasmus was invented by him because there was something to con- ceal , and the facts as we now have them bear us out in ...
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... give up the connection , and to avoid giving scandal in the future . This simple statement of the case , which does not essentially vitiate the testimony either of Erasmus or of those who have written about the circumstances of his ...
... give up the connection , and to avoid giving scandal in the future . This simple statement of the case , which does not essentially vitiate the testimony either of Erasmus or of those who have written about the circumstances of his ...
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... give a translation of this famous peti- tion , which is constantly quoted by every biographer , but , with one exception , never given in its entirety , most probably on account of its extreme length . But as it gives many details of ...
... give a translation of this famous peti- tion , which is constantly quoted by every biographer , but , with one exception , never given in its entirety , most probably on account of its extreme length . But as it gives many details of ...
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Page 287 - Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
Page 164 - You speak truth," said the master; "all is finished now." Placed upon the pavement, his head supported in his scholar's arms, his face turned to the spot where he was wont to pray, Bseda chanted the solemn
Page 287 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 33 - I was admitted to the society of the fellows, and fondly expected that some questions of literature would be the amusing and instructive topics of their discourse. Their conversation stagnated in a round of college business, Tory politics, personal anecdotes, and private scandal : their dull and deep potations excused the brisk intemperance of youth ; and their constitutional toasts were not expressive of the most lively loyalty for the house of Hanover.
Page 33 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder; their days were filled by a series of uniform employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffeehouse and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Page 288 - will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent will I reject.
Page 164 - A few days before Ascension-tide his sickness grew upon him, but he spent the whole day in teaching, only saying cheerfully to his scholars, " Learn with what speed you may ; I know not how long I may last.
Page 277 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth.
Page 154 - The first purpose for which you have been brought together is that you dwell in unity in the house, and that you have but one soul and one heart in God ; and call not anything your own, but let all things be...
Page 330 - Ibidspiritual concerns of his flock. Julius II. is therefore not to be judged by a rule of conduct which he neither proposed to himself nor was expected to conform to by others. His vigorous and active mind corresponded with the restless spirit of the times, and his good fortune raised him to an eminence from which he looked down on the proudest sovereigns of the earth. His ambition was not, however, the passion of a grovelling mind, nor were the advantages which he sought...