 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 páginas
...the prevailing character of the Athenians — " For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." There was much in all this to satisfy their curiosity, and not a great deal, at first view,... | |
 | James Hough - 1832 - 164 páginas
...in a state of excitement. They are little better than the sauntering philosophers of Athens, who " spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing " (Acts xvii. 21). Such persons are perpetually shifting their patronage from one society... | |
 | 1833 - 82 páginas
...would know therefore what these things mean. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
 | William Scoresby - 1833 - 112 páginas
...of spirit which impels to an unhealthful pursuit after novelties, like the Athenians of old, who " spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Let us beware of those excitable affections, wont to be stirred up by inferior considerations,... | |
 | John Kershaw Craig - 1833 - 328 páginas
...God, is given of all the people. " All the Athenians, and all the strangers which were in the city, spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing." Behold, I say, in that description the universal condition of fallen nature ! The heart... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 páginas
...Boston? As in his own Athens, the Bostonians, and " the strangers that are there, spend their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing." The greatest difficulty he finds, is in selecting a place to meet the various modern sophists in fair discussion.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 páginas
...would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that... | |
 | 1834 - 406 páginas
...would know therefore what these diings mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 H Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye judge the world in righteousmen... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 páginas
...AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER AND TASTE OF THE AGE. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear (x'm-oTegoi) something newer. — Acts. IT is impossible to deny, what is so often and so complacently... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1835 - 378 páginas
...find the same inquisitive disposition as in ancient Athens : " All the Athenians," says St. Luke, " spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing."* As to the Turks, they exclaimed : Fransouse ! Effendi ! and continued to smoke their pipes,... | |
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May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing... 
