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2 Corinthians: 2

2 Corinthians Chapter 2 1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but…

1 Timothy: 1

1 Timothy Chapter 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith:…

Brewer's: Devil

Represented with a cloven foot, because by the Rabbinical writers he is called seirissim (a goat). As the goat is a type of uncleanness, the prince of unclean spirits is aptly represented…

The Koran/Sura XXV — Al Furkan

Sura XXV — Al FurkanMecca — 77 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful BLESSED be He who hath sent down AL FURKAN[426] (the illumination) on his servant, that to all…

The Koran/Sura XXXVIII — Sad

Sura XXXVIII — SadMecca — 88 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SAD.[320] By the Koran full of warning! In sooth the Infidels are absorbed in pride, in contention…

Edwin Arlington Robinson: Flammonde

FlammondeEdwin Arlington RobinsonThe man Flammonde, from God knows where, With firm address and foreign air, With news of nations in his talk And something royal in his walk, With glint of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles I Scene 3

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scene 2: A Chamber in Whitehall. Scene 4: Scene 3: The Star Chamber [1] Laud, Juxon, Strafford, and others, as judges. Prynne as a prisoner, and then Bastwick. LAUD…

Brewer's: Ages

Varro (Fragments, p. 219, Scaliger's edition, 1623) recognises three ages:— From the beginning of mankind to the Deluge, a time wholly unknown.From the Deluge to the First Olympiad, called…

Brewer's: Apostles

The badges or symbols of fourteen apostles. Andrew, a cross, because he was crucified on a cross shaped like the letter x. Bartholomew, a knife, because he was flayed with a knife. James…

1 Thessalonians: 2

1 Thessalonians Chapter 2 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully…