Sentences with phrase «of rich merchants»

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The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Having then secretly made ready this habit, while her parents thought to have married her, her father having promised her to a rich French merchant, she prevented the time, and on Easter evening, having cut her hair, put on the habit, and slept a little, she went out of her chamber about four in the morning, taking nothing but one penny to buy bread for that day.

There were splendid buildings erected under Herod and his successors in Jerusalem and other Jewish cities — palaces, theatres, hippodromes — but no mention of them occurs in the gospel record; from the gospels we learn nothing at all about the economic situation in Palestine, except that there were peasants and fishermen, hand workers and merchants, rich and poor — and all this only incidentally, mostly from the parables.

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

Their founder was Peter Waldo, a rich merchant of Lyons who, seeking salvation, in 1176 took to heart the advice of Jesus to the rich young ruler, paid off his creditors, provided for his wife and children, gave the remainder to the poor, began begging his daily bread, and traversed the countryside and the cities preaching the Gospel as he found it in a vernacular translation of the New Testament.

With Kaye's deep, rich vocals (think Natalie Merchant) and a diverse blend of acoustic and electric accompaniment that evokes all the magical noise of childhood, listeners are drawn into a world that is decidedly kid, but where adults feel at home as well.

Members who rose from rags to riches include James Morrison, the son of a Wiltshire publican who became a silk merchant and then a merchant banker.

A different kind of merchant cat, the world's richest cat is arguably Japan's big - headed cartoon Hello Kitty, which earned more than $ 1 billion in sales and royalties in 2012.

Though the son of a rich silk merchant whose father gave him (if you'll allow) hell for hand alms to the poor, he redeemed himself from the sinful life of the haute bourgeoisie by giving himself to a life of poverty.

John Cleese, who's in danger of becoming as big a sell - out merchant as any of them, plays a wealthy casino owner eager to give his filthy - rich clients some exciting new events to throw their dirty great wads of cash at.

Miss Michaela Riches, Director of Marketing & Development, Merchant Taylors» Schools, Liverpool

A sweeping historical novel based on the extraordinary life and times of Belle Cora, the daughter of a New York merchant who went on to become a millworker, a prostitute, a notorious madam, a murderess, and eventually one of San Francisco's richest and most revered dowagers.

«All civilized societies are divided into different interests and factions,» he wrote, including «debtors or creditors,» «rich or poor,» «members of different religious sects,» «followers of different political leaders,» «inhabitants of different districts,» or «husbandmen, merchants or manufacturers.»

Makes perfect sense, until you consider the fact that this nation separated itself from England to get rid of that old order in which they could never hope to rise above their rich merchant - class statuses.

With both a strong sense of historical accuracy as well as the intriguing «what if» that makes historical fiction so popular — such as the merchant's son main character finding himself dining with Lorenzo de Medici when Leonardo da Vinci shows up as an invited guest — the book takes the reader on a thrilling journey through a time rich in both history, intrigue, and betrayal.

When country girl Nelle marries a rich merchant, she is at first in awe of his opulent household — and his icy sister, Marin.

Los Cabos (Spanish for» The Capes») survived merchants, explorers and pirates to later welcome celebrated authors and biologists intrigued by the rich marine life in the Sea of Cortez.

Named for its resemblance to its Italian namesake, this settlement overlooking the southwest end of the harbor with its tightly packed houses almost toppling into the sea was created during the 18th century by rich merchants and ship captains.

Fine works of art are also displayed in the numerous churches and commemorate famous Florentines such as Michelangelo, Dante, Galileo and, of course, the rich merchant family of the Medici.

From the jostling merchants of the city bazaars to the quiet reverence of the Samarkand mosques, the city is an elegant window into a long, rich and tumultuous history and is a fine addition to any travellers list of must see locations

Located in a sixteenth - century merchant's house, the rich baroque surroundings of the Witchery's original dining room offers one of the city's most unique private dining experiences looking onto the Royal Mile

It's a rich sandbox in which you can be a mercenary, a pirate, a merchant, or a mix of all three.

He imported beautiful paintings and sculptures to the city, displaying them in the grand window of this space, to be snapped up by the rich merchants walking by.

Mary Magdalene sits reading a religious work, dressed as a modern woman might be in 15th - century Flanders, in the kind of room you would see in a palace or rich merchant's house, with solid wooden furniture and a view of a river going through green fields outside the window.

This exciting exhibition puts Renaissance art back in the homes of merchants and their families with a rich mix of household objects and paintings that portray home life.

For European monarchs and merchants in the 16th and 17th centuries, the newly «discovered» Americas presented a problem: They were an unexpected obstacle, one whose immense size was not yet fully known, falling square between the ports of Europe and the riches of the Orient.

In The Witcher, you play as a professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, tasked with finding a child of prophecy in a vast open world rich with merchant cities, pirate islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore.