Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685-1750, Volume 2Novello, limited, 1899 Shows the growth of an English village from a medieval clearing to the urban congestion of the present day as seen from the same viewpoint approximately every hundred years. |
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Page 551 - And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Page 582 - For thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel.
Page 566 - Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Page 466 - There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Page 403 - And he said unto them. How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business ? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Page 589 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Page 379 - For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy is his Name.
Page 600 - He grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever: 24 That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!
Page 383 - Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (14) "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Page 55 - ... to play correctly and well in three obbligato parts ; and, at the same time, not only to acquire good ideas, but also to work them out themselves, and, finally, to acquire a cantabile style of playing, and, at the same time, to gain a strong predilection for a foretaste of composition.