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...by Church, Crown, Empire, decorum, respectability, solvency—and compulsory Greek at the Little Go—as his father had done before him. If in his undergr... ...imize the importance of all dated and explicit evidences and arguments for orthodox beliefs, and to resort to vague symbolic and liberal interpretatio... ...y, of the former work that an elderly colonel, a Wombash parishio- ner, an orthodox Layman of the most virulent type, had sent him. He perceived that ... ...y his hands on—like any secular man. He signed an address to the Rus- sian Orthodox church, beginning “Brethren,” and he revised his impressions of th... ... incidental of observations. “What puzzles me,” he said, “is why the early Christians identified the Spermaticos Logos of the Stoics with the sec- ond... ...as old and shriv- elled up, it was the patched-up speculations of vanished Greeks and Egyptians, it was a mummy of ancient disputes, old and dry, that... ...idents—just as the severance of an Angli- can from a Roman communion and a Greek orthodox com- munion are temporary accidents. You will remark that wi... ...ty we ever ceased to be friends,” he said. “You Englishmen aren’t like our Christians,” he went on. The Engiishmen wanted to know why. “You haven’t pr... ...y do we fight?” “That’s what we want to know.” “Why do you call yourselves Christians? And take part against us? All who worship the One God are broth...

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...portioned to its breadth? 76 Sartor Resartus We find, moreover, that his Greek and Latin were “me- chanically” taught; Hebrew scarce even mechanical... ...I have often said, a Person (Personlichkeit) is ever holy to us; a certain orthodox Anthropomorphism connects my Me with all Thees in bonds of Love: b... ...is not mad? Nevertheless, one may still murmur audibly, or in the original Greek if that suit thee better: ‘Whoso can look on Death will start at no s... ...as trifling.” Thou foolish Teufelsdrockh How could it else? Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of Man is an Action, and not ... ...or worse exegetic Commentaries, and wagon-load of too-stupid, heretical or orthodox, weekly Sermons. For my study, the inspired Texts themselves! Thus... ...eart; nay in all ages, even in ours, it manifests itself as a more or less orthodox Hero-worship. In which fact, that Hero-worship exists, has existed... ...st on either side. Those Dandiacal Manicheans, with the host of Dandyizing Christians, will form one body: the Drudges, gathering round them whosoever...

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... said Prothero softly. “Stew—ard !” “Your turn next, Benham,” whispered an orthodox con- troversialist. “Good Lord! I’ d like to see him,” said Benham... ...ice. And gradually he was becoming familiar with his father’s repertory of Greek quotations. There was no breach between them, but each knew that holi... ...Lord! how clearly I see it! The intellectual is either a prince or he is a Greek slave in a Roman household. He’s got to hold his chin up or else he b... ...th him in a spirit of instructive association to the Balkans, rub up their Greek together, and settle the problem of Albania. He wanted, he said, a fo... ...hometan districts they pelt men who do not wear fezzes, while occasionally Christians of the shawl-headed or skull- cap persuasions will pelt a fez. S... ...cularly upon the differences between men of the same race who were Hindus, Christians and Mahometans respectively. He could compare the Bengali Mahome...

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...ense—he knew that the mild prin- ciples of this little nation of practical Christians would be disregarded by their subtle and malignant enemies; and ... ...ic equipage shouted aloud “Draw up in the quarry—draw up, thou king of the Greeks; draw into the quarry , Agamemnon, or I shall never be able to pass ... ....” —Freneau. BEFORE THE EUROPEANS, or, to use a more significant term, the Christians, dispossessed the original owners of the soil, all that section ... ...d his only auditor was Ben Pump, who had all the obstinate and enlightened orthodoxy of a high churchman. Before the war of the Revolution, the Englis... ...s better reason taught him it was the most prudent to attempt to lead, His orthodoxy had no dependence on his cassock; he could pray with fervor and w... ...points of our faith, there is but little difference among those classes of Christians who acknowledge the attributes of the Saviour, and depend on his... ...n knows, in a dozen languages; mayhap in the Bay of State lingo; mayhap in Greek or High Dutch. But dost it know what it means itself? canst answer me... ...ames, monsieur, and are such as, doubtless, you well understand.” “Is this Greek or Latin, Mr. Edwards?” whispered Elizabeth to the youth, who was ope... ...Mr. Van der School, was used in direct reference to its sub- stantive. Our orthodox friends need not be told that all the merit in this world is compa...

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...errible stings. Matey was good at lessons, too—liked them; liked Latin and Greek; would help a poor stumbler. Where he did such good work was in sharp... ...were?” “Not at all.” “You like the Jews?” “Those I know I like.” “Not many Christians have the good sense and the good heart of Arthur Abner. Now go a... ... had therewith a sharp vision of his features, re- pellent in correctness, Greek in lines, with close eyes, hollow temples, pressed lips—a face indica... ...o the standing up boarders and day-scholars alike, vilifying the in- fidel Greek word ‘antagonist.’ ‘Do you remember the offender’s name?’ the Countes... ...to do habitually, to the chapel herself; but to denounce the ritual of the Orthodox Church under the de- nomination of ‘barbarous,’ to say of the invo... ...their history, but now they ‘re down I don’t side with the Philistines, or Christians. They ‘re good citizens, and they ‘ve got Samson in the brain, t... ...t a mountain of evil. ‘T o harmonize the nationalities, my dear boy! teach Christians to look fraternally on Jews! David was a harper, but the set- ti...

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...very much what one might expect from an aunt, that I used as Nero used his Christians to ornament my public buildings; and I finally melted some into ... ...l is the quality of most wooing, and presented himself as a very brisk and orthodox young man. I wonder why nearly all lovemaking has to be fraudulent... ...things. We joined in the earnest acquirement of all that was necessary for Greek epigrams and Latin verse, and for the rest played games. We dipped do... .... Within, we were taught as the chief subjects of instruc- tion, Latin and Greek. We were taught very badly because the men who taught us did not habi... ...ow and localised life had lain in those days through Latin, and afterwards Greek had come in as the vehicle of a flood of new and amazing ideas. Once ... ...amatic distinction, and in spite of a certain faltering on the part of the orthodox Conservatives towards the bolder elements in our propaganda, I had... ...s and sinners, danced and gibbered a long proces- sion of the champions of orthodoxy. “He wasn’t human,” I said, and remembered that last despairing c...

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...d the letter went on to tell me how all the bereaved poor of the district, Christians and Jews alike, had mobbed the good 41 Joseph Conrad doctor’s c... ... a few women among them. He was glad to observe the village priest (of the Orthodox Church) coming up the drive. The good man in his haste had tucked ... ...from the house. This justice must be rendered to the parish priests of the Greek Church that, strangers to the country as they were (being all drawn f...

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...d the letter went on to tell me how all the bereaved poor of the district, Christians and Jews alike, had mobbed the good doctor’s coffin with sobs an... ... few women amongst them. He was glad to observe the village priest (of the Orthodox Church) coming up the drive. The good man in his haste had tucked ... ...from the house. This justice must be rendered to the parish priests of the Greek Church that, strangers to the country as they were (being all drawn f...

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...ttering. At the head of the institution, at this period, was a learned and Orthodox divine, whose fame was in all the churches. He was the author of s... ...young men seemed to be directed chiefly to the con- struction of Latin and Greek verse, many copies of which, with a characteristic and classic gallan... ...s fearfully; and I cannot endure to watch alone by her bedside. If you are Christians, come in with me.” Ellen’s companion leaped hastily from his hor...

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...arn artistic. Probably the lum- ber-yard isn’t as scrumptious as all these Greek temples. But go to it! Make us change!” “I would like to. Some day!” ... ...king to pieces, 37 Sinclair Lewis then recovered and rattled away. In the Greek candy- store was the whine of a peanut-roaster, and the oily smell of... ...ntlemen that one of them had become an Omaha bartender, one a professor of Greek, and one, Cyrus N. Bogart, a boy of fourteen who was still at home, t... ...t it was their privilege as relatives to laugh at Carol, and their duty as Christians to let her know how absurd her “no- tions” were. They objected t... ...vious of their wives as they gave the social passwords of Main Street, the orthodox opin- ions on weather, crops, and motor cars, then flung away rest... ...would never, Carol fancied, be one of the town pillars, because he was not orthodox in hunting and motoring and poker. But he was winning approbation ... ...t speak so bitter about `pious’ people. There’s lots of sincere practising Christians that are real tolerant. Like the Champ Perrys.” “Yes. I know. Un...

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...perfect specimen of manly beauty could scarcely be imagined. Lovely as the Greek girls of Cyprus or Chios, Mercedes boasted the same bright flashing e... ...ay, Ger- man, French, Italian, English, and Spanish; by the aid of ancient Greek I learned modern Greek — I don’t speak it so well as I could wish, bu... ... allowed to perish of hunger in the midst of other men who call themselves Christians, is too horrible for belief. Oh, it is impossible — utterly impo... ...ir, of hunger,” said Caderousse. “I am as certain of it as that we two are Christians.” The abbe, with a shaking hand, seized a glass of water that wa... ... were turned to- wards Athens — it was the fashion to pity and support the Greeks. The French government, without protecting them openly , as you know... ...cted to the mazzuola, the second culprit beheaded. The prayers of all good Christians are entreated for these unfortunate men, that it may please God ... ...rry us.’ Marriage is a civil affair in France, and in order to marry in an orthodox manner you must have papers which undeniably establish your identi...

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...d be invested with certain parts of Syria, which they were to yield to the Christians. Richard, according to the romance which bears his name, “could ... ...- ing down his glove, offered to become a pledge for his fidel- ity to the Christians; but his offer was rejected, and he was obliged to give way to R... ...ross, which was not in their possession, and were therefore treated by the Christians with great cruelty. Daily reports of their sufferings were carri... ...phet of Mecca. These alternatives indeed had been offered to the unwarlike Greeks and Syr- ians; but in contending with the Western Christians, ani- m... ...nd of miracle.” 34 The Talisman “Nazarene,” said the Moslem, “in this the Greeks and Syr- ians have much belied us, seeing we do but after the word o... ...oots. On their heads were straight up- right caps, similar to those of the Greeks; and they carried small round targets, bows and arrows, scimitars, a... ...he canon, Lord Marquis,” said the T emplar; “thou art more scrupulous than orthodox. The absolution of the wicked priest is as effectual as if he were...

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... drooped lids, looked straight into the cup. On the base was scratched the Greek word ;aa;gD;gi;gc;ga, Thirst. The figure might have been some beautif... ...a good deal more attention to novels and billiards than to mathematics and Greek. Since then he has been reading law, at the rate of a page a day. If ... ...vid, is rather an exception; you can think of him and treat him as a young Greek. Standing forth there on the plain of battle between the contending a... ... I have related at length. “It may be a charm, but it is certainly not the orthodox charm of marriageable maidenhood, the charm of shrink- ing innocen... ...220 Roderick Hudson savage-looking peasant, a tattered ruffian of the most orthodox Italian aspect, had been performing his devo- tions before it. He ... ...lease!” she cried. “Not leave Rome, when we have staid here later than any Christians ever did before! It ‘s this dreadful place that has made us so u...

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...llen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richardson’ s Dictionary KETOS, GREEK. CETUS, LA TIN. WHOEL, ANGLO-SAXON. HV ALT, DANISH. W AL, DUTCH. HW A... ... of sight of land? Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother of Jove? Surely all this i... ...om—so he told me—he was actuated by a profound de- sire to learn among the Christians, the arts whereby to make his people still happier than they wer... ...ey were. But, alas! the practices of whalemen soon convinced him that even Christians could be both miser- able and wicked; infinitely more so, than a... ...l die a pagan. And thus an old idolator at heart, he yet lived among these Christians, wore their clothes, and tried to talk their gibberish. Hence th... ...rs, the white forked flame being held the holiest on the altar; and in the Greek mythologies, Great Jove himself being made incarnate in a snow-white ... ...never bottomed on the earth, and now not even hovering in the air! There’s orthodoxy! Thus, while in life the great whale’s body may have been a real ... ...en there were some sceptical Greeks and Romans, who, standing out from the orthodox pagans of their times, equally doubted the story of Hercules and t...

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...- sion in the world was conducted by a number of unham- pered men in small Greek cities, who knew no language but their own and had scarcely a technic... ...ems that it dropped unsolved at the close of the period of 7 H. G . Wells Greek freedom, when it must get to a common and general understanding upon ... ...AL ENQ ENQ ENQ ENQ ENQUIR UIR UIR UIR UIRY Y Y Y Y It seems to me that the Greek mind up to the disaster of the Macedonian Conquest was elaborately an... ...lions of human souls. Now it seems to be the common teaching of almost all Christians, that Salvation, that is to say the consolidation and amplificat... ...e a recovered and restored person he would give me, and not the Christ the Christians worship and declare they love, in whom they find their Salvation... ...eclare they love” I throw doubt intention- ally upon the universal love of Christians for their Saviour. I 54 First and Last Things have watched men ... ...uences of a par- ticular line of conduct, conduct which happened to be un- orthodox or only, in the face of existing conditions, unwise. For example, ...

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...We have entered the court, by the way, by jumping over the walls. The more orthodox method is to follow a mod- ern, terrace, which leads to the left, ... ...fatal progres- sion, the dark rigidity, of one of the tragic dramas of the Greeks. Jean Calas, advanced in life, blameless, bewil- dered, protesting. ... ... is so associated with a charming facial oval, a dark mild eye, a straight Greek nose, and a mouth worthy of all the rest, that it conveys a presumpti... ...nant of the old pagan place of sepulture, which was afterwards used by the Christians, but has been for ages deserted, and now consists only of a mela...

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...nce listened meekly. My father and mother were both of the old-fash- ioned orthodox school, with minds formed on Jeremy Tay- lor, Blair, South, and Se... ...ngs differently. He was a clergyman’s son, and had been bred up in the old orthodoxy , which was just beginning to put forth fresh shoots, and, as a q... ...e were of the school called—a little later—high and dry, but were strictly orthodox according to our lights, and held it a prime duty to attend our pa... ...got hold of them, he should certainly burn them. What was the use of being Christians, if such quarrels were to be remembered? Anne knew nothing. Aunt... ... cheerful, getting up a sewing class in the village, resuming the study of Greek, grappling with the natural sys- tem in botany, all of which had been... ...y a good deal of vague, weary depression, and sense of monotony into those Greek cho- ruses: but to us she was always a sunbeam, with her ever ready a...

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...philosophy strained towards the higher Love, just glimpsed at for a while. Christians gave a higher meaning to the fable, and saw in it the Soul, or t... ...not been of Solomon’s extent of natural philosophy, and so full of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin that she could not follow it at all. After the blessing, t... ...BE HOEBE HOEBE Her golden bow she bends, Her deadly arrows sending forth. —Greek Hymn (KEIGHTLEY). ON COMING IN FROM A WALK, Aurelia was surprised by ... ...indling a new fire in the Church, but I am not yet so con- vinced of their orthodoxy and wisdom as to trust them un- reservedly; and zeal pushed too f... ...dren, she asked their names, and was answered by each distinctly, with the orthodox “madam” at the end. “You are improved, little ones,” she said: “Di...

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...hose days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the orthodox Miss Pinkerton. For her mother being dead, her father, finding him... ... Hawky. Either of these young ladies is perfectly qualified to instruct in Greek, Latin, and the rudiments of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in S... ...with the pillow. “W e must sit together,” she said. “W e’re the only three Christians in the county, my love” —in which case, it must be confessed, th... ... Bute followed the track of Sharp and his daughter back to the lodgings in Greek Street, which the defunct painter had occupied; and where por- traits...

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...ces? I cannot tell; but I think if some of those amongst whom he hurls the Greek fire of his sarcasm, and over whom he flashes the levin-brand of his ... ... wicked go after death?” 32 Jane Eyre “They go to hell,” was my ready and orthodox answer. “And what is hell? Can you tell me that?” “A pit full of f... ...uld take the opportunity of referring to the suf- ferings of the primitive Christians; to the torments of mar- tyrs; to the exhortations of our blesse... ...n a fellow-creature. Men and women die; philosophers falter in wisdom, and Christians in goodness: if any one you know has suffered and erred, let him... ...own 337 Charlotte Brontë tongue—neither French nor Latin. Whether it were Greek or German I could not tell. “That is strong,” she said, when she had ... ...nty-eight to thirty—tall, slender; his face riveted the eye; it was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an ...