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When the day arrived , he astonished them by saying , with noble firmness , that
he was ready to be put to death : ' I will render up my life to Him who , as on this
day , laid down his own life for the salvation of all men . ' His head was cut off with
...
When the day arrived , he astonished them by saying , with noble firmness , that
he was ready to be put to death : ' I will render up my life to Him who , as on this
day , laid down his own life for the salvation of all men . ' His head was cut off with
...
Strona 74
1 Gilles de Rome , in his Mirror , gives an admirable lesson to the great , when he
shews that noble princes and barons ought to consider their servants as their
brethren ; for , he continues , “ It is not said in Genesis that God gave man ...
1 Gilles de Rome , in his Mirror , gives an admirable lesson to the great , when he
shews that noble princes and barons ought to consider their servants as their
brethren ; for , he continues , “ It is not said in Genesis that God gave man ...
Strona 117
This old man was so venerated on account of his evangelical virtues and noble
character , that the great barons whom he visited would , in the evening , carry
the keys of their castles into his room , to honour him by this great sign of
confidence ...
This old man was so venerated on account of his evangelical virtues and noble
character , that the great barons whom he visited would , in the evening , carry
the keys of their castles into his room , to honour him by this great sign of
confidence ...
Strona 239
But it would not be difficult to prove that here the opinion of the vulgar class of
mankind is founded upon a mistake , that the difficulty of the virtue only renders it
more noble ; and that “ the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance . " For
though ...
But it would not be difficult to prove that here the opinion of the vulgar class of
mankind is founded upon a mistake , that the difficulty of the virtue only renders it
more noble ; and that “ the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance . " For
though ...
Strona 242
Witness the short and noble reply which he made to the cruel letter of the Elector
Palatine , rallying him on his late conversion to the Catholic faith . Under inferior
circumstances he exhibited the same nobleness of nature . He seldom went to ...
Witness the short and noble reply which he made to the cruel letter of the Elector
Palatine , rallying him on his late conversion to the Catholic faith . Under inferior
circumstances he exhibited the same nobleness of nature . He seldom went to ...
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