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Page 147
And at this time especially it seems to me that opportunity should be seized by the forelock , when such an honorable chance is offered . I beseech you , dear Batt , again and again to ponder on this , for such is our friendship that ...
And at this time especially it seems to me that opportunity should be seized by the forelock , when such an honorable chance is offered . I beseech you , dear Batt , again and again to ponder on this , for such is our friendship that ...
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Scarcely had I arrived at Louvain when straightway the magistrates of the city offered me , who neither sought nor expected such a thing , the position of public reader , and this because of the voluntary recommendation of Father Adrian ...
Scarcely had I arrived at Louvain when straightway the magistrates of the city offered me , who neither sought nor expected such a thing , the position of public reader , and this because of the voluntary recommendation of Father Adrian ...
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They found the hardest drudgery the surest remedy against unruly passions , and in mortifying the flesh they offered up to the Creator the gift of a pure heart . And not only did they work for their own salvation , but also for the ...
They found the hardest drudgery the surest remedy against unruly passions , and in mortifying the flesh they offered up to the Creator the gift of a pure heart . And not only did they work for their own salvation , but also for the ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MONASTIC LIFE AT STEYN | 39 |
SECRETARY TO THE BISHOP OF CAMBRAI MATRICULATION | 49 |
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| Title | Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 1 Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, John Joseph Mangan Volume 1 of Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: Derived from a Study of His Works and Correspondence, John Joseph Mangan |
| Author | John Joseph Mangan |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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