 | Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, Aston Hall, Birmingham - 1904 - 362 Seiten
...he was proscribed. When warned of C/3 S CC O O , hJ w ac r" 5 u u x H o 'if. his danger, he said : " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roof of its houses, I would go on." He acknowledged his writings before the assembled notabilities,... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 684 Seiten
...in Germany." When Luther was warned of the danger that awaited him at the Diet, he replied, " Though there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roof, I will go there." j}e,irdt #„,.. At the Diet he was called upon to recant the opinions '"'... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 668 Seiten
...in Germany." When Luther was warned of the danger that awaited him at the Diet, he replied, " Though there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roof, I will go there." jjeurd MarAt the Diet he was called upon to recant the opinions ti>l Luther,... | |
 | Geoffrey Winthrop Young - 1905 - 140 Seiten
...Hungarian and German towns yield noble scrambling : Martin Luther found their fascinations irresistible : " If there were as many devils in Worms, as there are tiles on the roofs, I would still go there." t See first note, p. 21. | Note that the Latins called a "slater"... | |
 | James Allen - 1907 - 96 Seiten
...persuasions of his fearful friends, who were doubtful as to his safety should he go to Worms, replied, " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the house-tops I would go." And when Benjamin Disraeli broke down in his first Parliamentary speech,... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 856 Seiten
...of a league from Worms. When the palatine sent a messenger to warn him of his danger he answered alf there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles...go on." Before the emperor, the Archduke Ferdinand, 6 electors, 24 dukes, 7 margraves, 30 bishops and prelates, and many princes, counts, lords and ambassadors... | |
 | Florence Aston - 1915 - 318 Seiten
...on the way by fanatics, or burnt to death like John Huss. But Luther was determined to be present. " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon the roofs of the houses, nevertheless I will go through them and make my confession openly," he cried, and he stood... | |
 | Willis Mason West - 1915 - 912 Seiten
...Luther from going, pointing to the fate of Hus a century before; but he replied merely, " I would go on if there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the housetops." He found himself confronted in the Diet with scornful contempt by the great dignitaries... | |
 | Sir Geoffrey Arthur Romaine Callender - 1919 - 250 Seiten
...had been asked ? When Luther was on his way to Worms, his best friends besought him to return. But he answered, " If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles upon its roofs, yet would I on." Jervis and Duncan were cast in the same mould. " Die fighting ! Sell your... | |
 | Willis Mason West - 1920 - 818 Seiten
...place in the government of the Empire. A German Bible Lutheranism wins the North German princes go on if there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the housetops." He found himself confronted with scornful contempt by the great dignitaries of the... | |
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If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the housetops I would go. 
