A second letter to ... Hugh James Rose, containing notes on Milner's History of the Church in the fourth century

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Page 47 - hold his peace." [then a — , which implies the omission of 46 lines,* and the getting into another chapter] " Must we then be "dumb? No; for there is a time to speak and a time to be " silent. And if we must give an account of every idle word, " take care, lest you have to answer also for idle silence.
Page 26 - They have hands, but they handle not: Feet have they, but they walk not : Neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them ; So is every one that trusteth in them.
Page 16 - Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged " with vigour and diligence the execution of the work, horrible " balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent " and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to " time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen ; " and the victorious element continuing in this manner obsti" nately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a " distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Page 47 - Most men speak, when they do not know how to be silent. Seldom do you see any one silent, when to speak is of no profit. He is wise who knows when to hold his peace. — Must we then be dumb ? No ; for there is a time to speak, and a time to be silent. And if we must give an account of every idle word, take care, lest you have to answer also for idle silence.
Page 42 - Even Maximus will clear me of this charge, since he will confess, it was through my embassy he was kept from the invasion of Italy.
Page 16 - Jerusalem; which, (after many combats, attended with much bloodshed on both sides, during the siege by Vespasian) was, with great difficulty, taken and destroyed by Titus. He committed the conduct of this affair to Alypius of Antioch, who formerly had been lieutenant in Britain. When, therefore, this Alypius had set himself to the vigorous execution of his charge, in which he had all the assistance that the governor of the province could afford him, horrible balls of fire, breaking out near the foundations,...
Page 35 - Arbiter, qucm fateris, et in quem pie credis, refici viscera mea tua fide, tua salute, tua gloria: meque non solum officio publico debitas pendere preces, sed etiam amore privato.
Page 16 - He projected to rebuild the magnificent temple of Jerusalem. He committed the conduct of the affair to Alypius of Antioch ; who set himself to the vigorous execution of his charge, and was assisted by the governor of the province ; but horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with repeated attacks, rendered the place inaccessible to the scorched workmen from time to time, and the element resolutely driving them to a distance, the enterprize was dropped."!
Page 40 - Gothos quoque lacrymae meae arma sunt; talia enim " munimenta sunt sacerdotis. Aliter nee debeo, nee possum " resistere : [omit 67 lines*] Omnipotens enim noster est Domi" nus Jesus, hsec est fides nostra ; et ideo quod fieri mandat " implebitur: nee convenit nos divinse obviare sentential.
Page 16 - both " both sides, during the siege by Vespasian) was, " with great difficulty, taken and destroyed by Titus. " He committed the conduct of this affair to ALYPIUS " of Antioch, who formerly had been lieutenant in " Britain. When, therefore, this Alypius had set " himself to the vigorous execution of his charge, in " which he had all the assistance that the governor " of the province could afford him, horrible balls of *' fire, breaking out near the foundations, with fre...

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