 But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr by his fellow men to all time. For power rose against him not because of his sins, but because of his greatness — not because he sought to deceive the world, but because he sought to make it noble....  Romola - Page 420by George Eliot - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore lie may the morefitly be called a martyr by hit fellow-men to all time. For power rose against him, not because...sins, but because of his greatness — not because ho sought to deceive the world, but because he sought to make it noble. And through that greatness... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...Church of Rome cannot be held irresponsible. As George Eliot finely said, " power rose against igoi. 231 him not because of his sins, but because of his greatness...the world, but because he sought to make it noble." It is impossible to regard MJK Huystnans' extraordinary book, Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam,* as a mere... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1863 - 272 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr by his fellow-men to all time. For power rose against him not because...to make it noble. And through that greatness of his ho endured a double agony : not only the reviling, and the torture, and the death-throe, but the agony... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1863 - 806 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr by his fellowmen to all time. For power rose against him not because of his sins, but because of his greatness—not because he sought to deceive the world, but because he sought to make it noble. And... | |
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr by his fellow-men to all time. For power rose against him not because...endured a double agony ; not only the reviling, and the tortnre, and the death-throe, but the agony of sinking from the vision of glorious achievement into... | |
 | Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie, Joseph Henry Allen - Unitarianism - 1875 - 664 pages
...silence and feel, ' I am not worthy to be a martyr, the truth shall prosper, but not by me ; ' ' ' how he endured " a double agony, not only the reviling...and the death-throe, but the agony of sinking from a vision of glorious achievement into the deep shadow where he could only say, ' I count as nothing,... | |
 | Mathilde Blind - 1883 - 238 pages
...whom he was to act, pre-eminence seemed a necessary condition of life." But, as George Eliot says, " Power rose against him, not because of his sins, but...of his greatness ; not because he sought to deceive theworld, but because he sought to make it noble. And* through that greatness of his he endured a double... | |
 | George Eliot - Florence (Italy) - 1883 - 696 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr by his fellow-men to all time. For power rose against him not because of his sins, but of his greatness — not because he sought to deceive the world, but because he sought to make it noble.... | |
 | George Eliot - Florence (Italy) - 1885 - 556 pages
...called by no glorifying name. But therefore he may the more fitly be called a martyr bif his fellow-men to all time, for power rose against him, not because...reviling, and the torture, and the death-throe, but the ngony of sinking from the vision of glorious achievement into that deep shadow where he could only... | |
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