Short Studies on Great Subjects, Volume 1 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbot able action affection answer appear authority beautiful become believe better body called Catholic cause century character Christianity Church common condition death desire doubt earth England English Erasmus evil existence experience expressed eyes fact faith feel follow force friends give given Gospel ground hand heart human idea infinite kind knowledge language least leave less living look Luther mankind matter mean mind monks moral nature never noble object once opinion ourselves passed perhaps person poor Pope possible present question reason Reformation religion remain rest seems sense side soul speak Spinoza spirit stand story strong suffering supposed tell theory things thought told true truth turn understand virtue whole write
Popular passages
Page 322 - And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends : for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 313 - Their houses are safe from fear; neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. " They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Page 313 - They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, "Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 276 - When two shall be one, and that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female.
Page 303 - Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Page 317 - God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Page 303 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him ; for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 500 - ... commanded the master gunner, whom he knew to be a most resolute man, to split and sink the ship; that thereby nothing might remain of glory or victory to the Spaniards : seeing in so many hours fight, and with so great a navy they were not able to take her, having had fifteen hours...
Page 498 - But Sir Richard utterly refused to turn from the enemy, alleging that he would rather choose to die, than to dishonour himself, his country, and her Majesty's ship, persuading his company that he would pass through the two Squadrons, in despite of them: and enforce those of Seville to give him way.
Page 316 - For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Short Studies on Great Subjects, Volume 1 Short Studies on Great Subjects, James Anthony Froude |
| Author | James Anthony Froude |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, & Company, 1873 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2007 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |