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" He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city, "
Horace: Odes and Epodes - Page 243
by Horace - 1898 - 487 pages
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The Literary Attractions of the Bible; Or, A Plea for the Word of God ...

Leroy Jones Halsey - 1859 - 448 pages
...the sun between the clouds in a day of rain. He had illustrated the proverb before it was written, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." His virtue had been assailed from day to day by all that was fascinating in the siren song of sensuality,...
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Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Hadley ...

Hadley (Mass.), Frederic Dan Huntington - 1859 - 114 pages
...butcher's turn to be angry. "Dr. ," said he, " ain't you a pretty fellow to preach all day yesterday, ' he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city,' — and now you are as mad as you can live, because you have got to pay an honest bill." The Doctor...
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Whistler

Walter Aimwell - 1859 - 354 pages
...never try to meet such a man with his own weapons. The best way is to keep silence, or speak mildly. ' He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city,' as the Bible say.-;. If you had been impudent to Mr. "Walker, it would have made him more furious,...
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The Congregational Quarterly, Volume 1

Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1859 - 476 pages
...will be regarded by the mass as the culminating point in along life of honorable achievements. But if ''he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city," the old Puritan Governor performed his greatest exploit in the meek and forgiving spirit with which...
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Advocate of Peace and Universal Brotherhood

1859 - 830 pages
...Bushnell calls him the great man in whom struggles and victories are fitly personated. The Bible says, " he that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." B. God is styled the God of battles. War has ever been God's instrumentality for reforming the world,...
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The Universal review, Volume 2

1859 - 914 pages
...out by more illustrious triumphs than ever led pagan conqueror to the Capitol of Rome. For, truly, he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city. In Switzerland the young Prince enjoyed peculiar facilities for cultivating his taste for liberty,...
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Jack the Chimney Sweeper: And Other Stories for Children

Madeline Leslie - 1859 - 268 pages
...happy, now, my dear? " " No, mamma." " Then try to put away all your bad feelings. The Bible says, ' He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " This was a new idea to Harry, and, making a great effort, he restrained his anger, and looked up...
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The Congregational Quarterly, Volume 1

Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1859 - 460 pages
...regarded by the mass as the culminating point in a long life of honorable achievements. But if •' he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city," the old Puritan Governor performed his greatest exploit in the meek and forgiving spirit with which...
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Essays, Lectures, Etc. Upon Select Topics in Revealed Theology, Volume 77

Nathaniel William Taylor - 1859 - 492 pages
...the forbidden good ; if governed, controlled, denied by the will, the nobler the act of obedience. "He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." " The trial of your faith is precious." " Blessed is the man that endureth temptation." (5.) Nor does...
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Harry's Mistakes, and where They Led Him, Etc

Marianne Parrott - 1860 - 144 pages
...you ! " was echoed on every side. " Brave boy ! noble boy ! " seemed his mother's voice to say : " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." But though these words were spoken to his heart, they were very different ones that sounded in his...
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