 | 1875 - 492 páginas
...myself to the business of writing. Therefore doubt not to put your boy to study ; and if he needs must beg his bread, you nevertheless give unto God a noble...piece of timber, whereof He will carve a great man." And young Thomas Ryder needed training too. He was no dullard, too inactive for fun, too phlegmatic... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1873 - 884 páginas
...father with all love and fidelity sustained me at school in Erfurt, and by his sweat and hard labor helped me to that whereunto I have attained. Nevertheless...world both in the church and in the commonwealth.' One day, as he and his companions were passing through St. George street, not far from the school,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1873 - 860 páginas
...father with all love and fidelity sustained me at school in Erfurt, and by his sweat and hard labor helped me to that whereunto I have attained. Nevertheless...world both in the church and in the commonwealth.' One day, as he and his companions were passing through St. George street, not far from the school,... | |
 | 1873 - 862 páginas
...father with all love and fidelity sustained me at school in Erfurt, and by his sweat and hard labor helped me to that whereunto I have attained. Nevertheless...world both in the church and in the commonwealth.' One day, as he and his companions were passing through St. George street, not far from the school,... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1875 - 302 páginas
...thereunto, had I not gone to school and given myself to the business of writing. Therefore," he adds, "doubt not to put your boy to study ; and if he must...piece of timber, whereof He will carve a great man." Singing elsewhere prepared Luther to sing at Eisenach ; and so closely is the to\yn connected with... | |
 | John Shaw Banks - 1877 - 186 páginas
...forth with the pen, that I •would not exchange my heart for all the wealth of the Turkish empire. I should not have attained thereunto, had I not gone...piece of timber, whereof he will carve a great man.' These early hardships had some influence in shaping his character. Another part of his providential... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1878 - 698 páginas
...fidelity sustained me at school in Erfurt, and by his sweat and hard labor helped me to that wherennto I have attained. Nevertheless I have been a beggar...world both in the church and in the commonwealth.' One day, as he and his companions were passing through St. George street, not far from the school,... | |
 | Hermann Krüsi (i.e. Johann Heinrich Hermann) - 1907 - 490 páginas
...prospered so far that I would not exchange for all the wealth of the Turkish empire. Therefore, hesitate not to put your boy to study, and if he must needs beg his bread, you nevertheless give unto God a nice piece of timber whereof he may carve a great man." We will insert here Luther's remark about school... | |
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I have been a beggar of bread, and have prospered so far forth with the pen, that I would not exchange my art for all the wealth of the Turkish empire. Nay, I would not exchange it for all the wealth of the world many times over. And yet I should not... 