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- 661: Is The Bible From God
- ... until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." The writer of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," popularized during the Civil War, expressed the views of millions who participated in the suffering of that era when she wrote: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He has trampled out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword, His truth is marching on. Today the Christian message of the ...
- 662: "Woe be to thee, O Constantinople, seated on seven hills, thou shall not continue a thousand years"
- ... in every way had sought to destroy the Turkish power, would come into their possession. The door would be open to them by its capture to conquer the whole of the Greek Empire." According to Lord Eversley from this speech we assert that one of the major incentives for the Moslem conquest is plunder and not religious fanaticism. The plunder of the city and the capture of men, women and boys ... Murray, Albemarable Street, 1899. Runciman, Steven. The Great Church in Captivity. A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence. © Cambridge University Press 1968. Lord Eversley. The Turkish Empire, Its Growth and Decay. London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., Adelph Terrace, 1918. Inalcik, Halil. The Ottoman Empire. The Classical Age 1300-1600. Translated by Norman Itzkowitz and Colin Imber. Praeger Publishers ...
- 663: Macbeth - Downfall Of Lady Macbeth
- ... scared of being caught and regretful of what she has done]. "Yet here’s a spot… Out, damned spot! Out, I say! - One; two; why, then ‘tis time to dot. –Hell is murky.- Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when nonecane call our power to account? [In simpler text this means that who can judge a king, when a king is the ... him? [She’s re-enacting the scene of Duncan’s death]…The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? – What, will these hands ne’er be clean? –No more o’ that, my lord, no more o’that. You mar all with this starting… Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh… Wash your hands ...
- 664: St. John The Evangelist
- ... Great with whom he was brought up to the trade of fishing. While Jesus was spreading his teachings and his miracles St. John entered public ministry. Then in his first year of public ministry our Lord called him to be an Apostle. He was called to be an Apostle with his brother, as they were mending their nets on the sea of Galilee. St. John was the youngest of all the ... the faithful, and every time said to his flock only these words, “My little children, love one another.” When he was asked why he said it he replied, “Because it is the word of the Lord, and if you keep it you do enough.” He lived to an extreme old age, surviving all his fellow apostles, and died about the year 100. St. John is called the Apostle of Charity, a ...
- 665: Revelation By Flannery Oconnor
- ... line mentally, 'And wonna these days I know I¹ll we-eara crown¹"(341). This line tells the reader that Mrs. Turpin believes she is so much better than everyone else that she wants to lord over them. She "knows" someday she¹ll be wearing a crown, meaning she believes she has some sort of "royal blood." In ancient Egypt, the people believed that their pharaohs were divine, meaning God chose ... You could have made me a nigger"(352), she says. The fact that she is questioning God just reaffirms the reader¹s notion that she thinks she is divine. No mortal can question the almighty lord. Clearly, Mrs. Turpin believes she is above mortality and can have conversations, accusatory conversations at that, with God. The vision she gets is one of a "vast horde of souls rumbling toward heaven"(353). "There ...
- 666: King James Ii
- ... into foreign military service during the Commonwealth period (1649-1660). James fought many battles against the Spanish while he was a naval officer for Charles II. Within the Stuart Dynasty he served his brother as lord high admiral , administered colonies in Africa and New York and fought at sea in two battles against Holland in 1665 and 1672.(6) In 1659 James promised Anne Hyde marriage and their love was secretly ... into foreign military service during the Commonwealth period (1649-1660). James fought many battles against the Spanish while he was a naval officer for Charles II. Within the Stuart Dynasty he served his brother as lord high admiral , administered colonies in Africa and New York and fought at sea in two battles against Holland in 1665 and 1672.(6) In 1659 James promised Anne Hyde marriage and their love was secretly ...
- 667: Anointed King
- ... that God ordained of Richard as king does not work when the fear of God is no longer present. There is little worry about the rebellion as Richard immediately returns from Ireland. Fear not, my lord. That power that made you king/ Hath power to keep you king in spite of all (Richard II III. ii. 28-29). Richard believes that his presence and the belief that he is chosen by ... afrighted, tremble at his sin. /Not all the wather in the rough rude sea /Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. /The breath of worldly men cannot depose/ The deputy elected by the Lord." ( Richard II III. ii. 54-57)His ignorance and belief that he is above mortal man leads to his own downfall. He relates himself to God as being of God and from God. It can ...
- 668: A Comparison of Islam and Christianity
- ... In Christianity, it's documented in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth), and He would one day judge mankind (This is also true in Christianity: "The Lord will judge his people." Hebrews 10:30). Both of these religions share almost the same framework, but they also differ in many ways. The word Islam means "surrender" or "submission," submission to the will of ... according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. In Christianity one of the Ten Commandments states that "I am the Lord you God.....you shall have no other gods before me", also identical to Islam God is considered the creator of the universe, and he is also just. On the last day, or judgment day, the ...
- 669: Macbeth: Fear
- ... being able to handle what she has done to Duncan. As shown in this quote Out, damned spot!out,I say!One;Two:why, then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? [Act V, S I, L 32-35] Here Lady Macbeth is trying to wash out ... ends up being driven mad by the guilt and soon can no longer take, and ends up taking her own life hoping that her torment will end now that she is dead. "The Queen, my Lord is dead" [Act V, S 5, L 18], Lady Macbeth takes her life right before the battle against the english is about to begin. This taking of her own life demonstrates her fear and in ...
- 670: Mrs Dalloway
- ... purse,'' she told him. He dropped her hand. Their marriage was over, he thought, with agony, with relief. The rope was cut; he mounted; he was free, as it was decreed that he, Septimus, the lord of men, should be free; alone (since his wife had thrown away her wedding ring; since she had left him), he, Septimus, was alone, called forth in advance of the mass of men to hear ... purse,'' she told him. He dropped her hand. Their marriage was over, he thought, with agony, with relief. The rope was cut; he mounted; he was free, as it was decreed that he, Septimus, the lord of men, should be free; alone (since his wife had thrown away her wedding ring; since she had left him), he, Septimus, was alone, called forth in advance of the mass of men to hear ...
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