 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.  Familiar London - Stran 12avtor: Rose Barton - 1904 - 208 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Guilford (Conn.) - 1889 - 304 strani
...they did a work the benefit of which has accrued to all the generations which have come after them. " The Lord hath wrought great glory by them, through His great, power from the beginning. There be of them that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1889 - 560 strani
...man.' GREATNESS. DLH. Our Fathers. Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. God 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 counsel by their understanding,... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 1992 - 552 strani
...Simon God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. — Elbert Hubbard Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. — Ecclesiasticus 44:1 Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. — Max Beerbohm Whenever... | |
 | John Bowker - 1993 - 264 strani
...on the dead when they obey the exhortation of Ecclesiasticus (much beloved of school Speech Days), 'Let us now praise famous men, And our fathers that begat us' (xliv.1). Yet even in Ecclesiasticus there are limited hopes, based on the exegetical opportunities... | |
 | Bruce Robbins - 1993 - 294 strani
...which he idealized much as he idealized his father. The passage from which his title is taken goes on: "Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us." Agee is willing to distort the lives of the tenant farmers in order to make them the supporting antithesis... | |
 | Manuel Komroff - 1992 - 366 strani
...of his works. For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. Chapter 44 LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, AND OUR FATHERS THAT...by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding,... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1994 - 428 strani
...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 groat glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdom,... | |
 | William Gerber - 1994 - 260 strani
...Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Chapter 44 contains an apt expression which has become a byword. 88 "Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. ... Such as ... were renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, . . . men of... | |
 | Ian Bent - 1994 - 404 strani
...61 The Vulgate reads in the plural: Laudemus viros gloriosos, et parentes nostros in generatone sua ['Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.'] (Authorized Version: Apocrypha). 63 Ecclesiasticus, 44.5; Vulgate again reads in the plural: requirentes.... | |
 | Mary Midgley - 1996 - 206 strani
...against these iniquities and produce at least a drawn battle. As the Book of Ecclesiasticus puts it: Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us ... All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times. But some there... | |
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