| Edward Jones - 1802 - 142 páginas
...famous men. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them, through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counfel by their uiiilerltanding, and declaring prophecies : Leaders of the people by their... | |
| 1809 - 556 páginas
...to hive celebrated him :imong the chief of those worthy persons, by whom God wrought great glory ; such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies, &r. Ecclus. xliv. a. 3. Nay, his friends... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 páginas
...begat us. " The Lord liath wrought great glory by them " through his great power from the beginning. Such as " did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for " their power, giving counsel for their understand" ing, and declaring prophecies : leaders of the people " by their... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 páginas
...at our universities on the days appointed for a solemn commemoration of founders and benefactors : " Let us now " praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. " The Lord hath wrought great glory by them " through his great power from the beginning. Such as "... | |
| John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 604 páginas
...ACTS ix. 4. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice, saying, Saul, Saul, why persecutes! thou me ? LET us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us*, (says the wise man) that is, that assisted our second generation, our spiritual regeneration ; let... | |
| Alfred Tolver Paget - 1851 - 38 páginas
...countryman of Mr. Chalouer). And who is the li i ,-L Benefactor recorded under the new Head Master? PS, ** LET us NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, and our fathers that begat us. The LORD hath wrought great, glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Su- h as did... | |
| 1856 - 552 páginas
...concluded with the simple eulogy pronounced by the son of Sirach when, in obedience to his own exhortation, "Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us," he thus describes the great hero and the chief luminary of Israel. "As is the fat taken away from the... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 790 páginas
...meaning as well, for he was Preacher of Empire to England, and of the splendid words of Ecclesiasticus, ' Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.' His life story is singularly complete and quite undeviating in aim. The great object for which he was... | |
| Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 páginas
...them the spirit of pious veneration for the ancestry from whom we have in like manner descended. " Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear... | |
| Philip Charles Soulbien Desprez - 1865 - 388 páginas
...would seem answered by the fact that the writer sets out by saying, " Let us now praise famous men .... such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understandings, and declaring prophecies; leaders of the people by their counsels,... | |
| |