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... reason the Lutherans accused him of duplicity ; the Catholics , of rashness . With mental equipoise lacking , the processes of his mind were naturally precipitate ; which defect is most unfortunate in anyone who wishes to do work ...
... reason the Lutherans accused him of duplicity ; the Catholics , of rashness . With mental equipoise lacking , the processes of his mind were naturally precipitate ; which defect is most unfortunate in anyone who wishes to do work ...
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... reason . Erasmus was the innocent victim of cir- cumstances for which he was not responsible . All his days he had to bear the stigma of what was no fault of his own . He constantly writhed under the consciousness of it ; it continually ...
... reason . Erasmus was the innocent victim of cir- cumstances for which he was not responsible . All his days he had to bear the stigma of what was no fault of his own . He constantly writhed under the consciousness of it ; it continually ...
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... reason of the crowds of ardent youths whom it had sheltered , educated , and trained for the service and enlightenment of their fellows in the world . Erasmus , in his letter to Grunnius , speaks rather slightingly of these Fratres ...
... reason of the crowds of ardent youths whom it had sheltered , educated , and trained for the service and enlightenment of their fellows in the world . Erasmus , in his letter to Grunnius , speaks rather slightingly of these Fratres ...
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... reason for fear , " said Florentius ; " we will scrape together what remains , and having gathered up a little sum we will seek some university ; friends are not lacking ; and besides , many are supported by their own industry that have ...
... reason for fear , " said Florentius ; " we will scrape together what remains , and having gathered up a little sum we will seek some university ; friends are not lacking ; and besides , many are supported by their own industry that have ...
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... reason , if he has the power to do these things , why do they here set his authority at naught ? If they deny that he has this power , do they not hurl at him an atrocious accusation ? So , likewise , when the matter is of advan- tage ...
... reason , if he has the power to do these things , why do they here set his authority at naught ? If they deny that he has this power , do they not hurl at him an atrocious accusation ? So , likewise , when the matter is of advan- tage ...
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Page 313 - 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 188 - 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 313 - 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 57 - 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 57 - 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 314 - will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent will I reject.
Page 188 - 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 297 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth.
Page 178 - 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 358 - 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...