The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold: D. D., Late Head-master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, Volume 2Appleton, 1845 - 516 pages |
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... matter , did not give promise of that clear and spirited style which he afterwards mastered ; he gained no verse prize , but was an unsuccessful competitor for the Latin Verse in the year 1812 , when Henry Latham succeeded , the third ...
... matter , did not give promise of that clear and spirited style which he afterwards mastered ; he gained no verse prize , but was an unsuccessful competitor for the Latin Verse in the year 1812 , when Henry Latham succeeded , the third ...
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... matter of fact element which has been described in his early Oxford life still retained its predominance , and to a certain extent dwarfed and narrowed his sphere of thought ; the various principles of political and theological science ...
... matter of fact element which has been described in his early Oxford life still retained its predominance , and to a certain extent dwarfed and narrowed his sphere of thought ; the various principles of political and theological science ...
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... matter of course , and as held and taught by those around him , became emphatically part of his own con- victions , to be embraced and carried out for life and for death . From this time forward such defects as were peculiar to his ...
... matter of course , and as held and taught by those around him , became emphatically part of his own con- victions , to be embraced and carried out for life and for death . From this time forward such defects as were peculiar to his ...
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... matter of course , and made toil so real a pleasure , and relaxation so real a refreshment to him . And in his solemn and emphatic expressions on subjects expressly reli- gious ; in his manner of awful reverence when speaking of God or ...
... matter of course , and made toil so real a pleasure , and relaxation so real a refreshment to him . And in his solemn and emphatic expressions on subjects expressly reli- gious ; in his manner of awful reverence when speaking of God or ...
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... matter of less difficulty to confine himself at once to a sphere in which , whilst he felt himself well and use- fully employed , he felt also that the practical business of his daily duties acted as a check upon his own inclinations ...
... matter of less difficulty to confine himself at once to a sphere in which , whilst he felt himself well and use- fully employed , he felt also that the practical business of his daily duties acted as a check upon his own inclinations ...
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Page 134 - So they ran both together ; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in saw the linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in.
Page 446 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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Page 112 - ... to receive a new fellow from his father — when I think what an influence there is in this place for evil as well as for good. I do not know anything which affects me more.
Page 87 - Years afterwards he used to tell the story to his children, and said, I never felt so much ashamed in my life — that look and that speech I have never forgotten.
Page 153 - I confess, that if I were called upon to name what spirit of evil predominantly deserved the name of Antichrist, I should name the spirit of chivalry — the more detestable for the very guise of the " Archangel ruined," which has made it so seductive to the most generous spirits — but to me so hateful, because it is in direct opposition to the impartial justice of the Gospel, and its comprehensive feeling of equal brotherhood, and because it so fostered a sense of honour rather than a sense of...
Page 83 - will never be what it might be, and what it ought to be." The remonstrances which he encountered both on public and private grounds were vehement and numerous. But on these terms alone had he taken his office...