Arthur Penrhyn Stanley: His Life, Work, and Teachings

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Cupples, Upham, 1885 - 408 páginas
 

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Página 374 - Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.
Página 250 - The Oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Página 86 - Till a man learns that the first, second, and third duty of a schoolmaster is to get rid of unpromising subjects, a great public school," he said, " will never be what it might be, and what it ought to be.
Página 171 - Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture.
Página 202 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him : then burst his mighty heart ; And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
Página 65 - He then looked round more nervously than ever. Two or three of the little boys were already in bed, sitting up with their chins on their knees. The light burned clear, the noise went on. It was a trying moment for the poor little lonely boy; however this time he did'nt ask Tom what he might or might not do, but dropped on his knees by his bedside, as he had done every day from his childhood, to open his heart to Him, who heareth the cry and beareth the sorrows of the tender child, and the strong...
Página 302 - The cloisters, chapter-house, refectory, dormitory, the infirmary, with its spacious chapel, if not completed by Edward, were all begun, and finished in the next generation on the same plan. This structure, venerable as it would be if it had lasted to our time, has almost entirely vanished. Possibly one vast dark arch in the southern transept, certainly the substructures of the dormitory, with their huge pillars, 'grand and regal at the bases and capitals,' the massive, low-browed passage leading...
Página 89 - Intellectually, as well as morally, he felt that the teacher ought himself to be perpetually learning, and so constantly above the level of his scholars. " I am sure," he said, speaking of his pupils at Laleham, " that I do not judge of them or expect of them, as I should, if I were not taking pains to improve my own mind.
Página 406 - He is gone— Towards their goal World and Church must onward roll Far behind we leave the past ; Forward are our glances cast : Still His words before us range Through the ages, as they change : Wheresoe'er the truth shall lead, He will give whate'er we need.
Página 83 - ... before him, than any other evil in the school. At the very sight of a knot of vicious or careless boys gathered together round the great school-house fire, " It makes me think," he would say, " that I see the Devil in the midst of them.

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