Bede's Ecclesiastical History of EnglandBell, 1907 - 439 pages |
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Popular passages
Page 109 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not...
Page 82 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 222 - A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up...
Page 363 - And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Page 364 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Page 61 - Unto the pure all things are pure : but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Page 363 - This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Page 373 - But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 306 - Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Page 211 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England Bohn's antiquarian library |
| Author | Saint Bede (the Venerable) |
| Editor | A. M. Sellar |
| Translated by | A. M. Sellar |
| Contributor | A. M. Sellar |
| Publisher | Bell, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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