Sentences with phrase «noble birth»

Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

Today the word «noble» is associated with noble birth, courage, and pure intent.

A man of noble birth who has signed on as an NCO -LSB-...]

12 HE SAID: «A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return»... and then it leads on to tell the story.

The text itself was addressed in the first place to the twenty - year - old Emperor, Charles Habsburg, but shortly it moved into a more general tone: «God has given us a young man of noble birth as head of state, and in him has awakened great hopes of good in many hearts.»

In many of the societies where a large number of scary beliefs about birth came from there was a difference between noble birth and peasants.

After Peter evades a plank - walking death by taking flight, Blackbeard reveals the familiar prophecy of a boy with special powers and of noble birth ending his reign.

Black, Jewish and indigenous white working - class pugilists moved in the same circles as the European elite; and ladies of noble birth rubbed shoulders with the young women from the other side of the social divide; each seeking fame or the means to a living and a secure future.

Allonsanfàn Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, Italy, 1974, 35 mm, 111m Italian with English subtitles In this dreamlike, 19th - century - set period piece, Mastroianni stars as Fulvio, an aging political revolutionary of noble birth who begins questioning his commitment to the cause.

Rather than aristocratic images of noble birth, we are presented with a laborer's wife, from a poor village, the status of which — even among Jews — is suggested by the phrase, «Can anything good come out of Nazareth?»

For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth....

For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

Not many of those he spoke to were wise by worldly standards, or powerful, or of noble birth (1 Corinthians 1:26).

(b) It is commonly assumed that Isaiah was a man of noble birth, related by blood to the wider royal family of Judah.

As Paul says in another letter: «Not many of you were wise by human standards,... powerful,... of noble birth» (1 Cor.

Of Noble Descent - 5 March 2004 The law of first mover advantage means that some people have a head start when it comes to networking, but even if you aren't of noble birth, don't despair — you can still improve your network, starting today!

And heck, we know that there were Black people along the more privileged classes in France at the time: Thomas - Alexandre Dumas — father of Alexandre Dumas of The Three Musketeers fame — for example, was of noble birth and became a general in the army, as one can learn after one minute in Wikipedia.

Of course, you have to be of noble birth to joust.

In Arcandis, those who want to live must claim the limited places in the Refuge, a series of underground caverns cooled by the sea.The teenage boys of noble birth are sent out into the city to demonstrate their wits and strength.

Her new series is called Princess Ledalia: The Rose Pirate, and, as the name might suggest, stars a young woman who was raised as a pirate but learns that she's actually of noble birth.

«He was of noble birth,» Laval concluded, with the certainty of one who knows of what he speaks.

Adventure alongside Sebastian Vael, an archer of noble birth, as he seeks revenge for the brutal murder of his family.