The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volumen1Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton F. Finley & Company, 1894 |
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... spirit , find in these simple historians and their racy stories ample matter for philosophic reflection . In this historical collection the editors have endeavored con- stantly to bear in mind these fundamental principles , so that ...
... spirit , find in these simple historians and their racy stories ample matter for philosophic reflection . In this historical collection the editors have endeavored con- stantly to bear in mind these fundamental principles , so that ...
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... spirit of his ordinances , which extended to all the particulars of education , and of social arrangements , was to form a people in whom patriotism should be paramount to private interests , who should be vigorous in body and invin ...
... spirit of his ordinances , which extended to all the particulars of education , and of social arrangements , was to form a people in whom patriotism should be paramount to private interests , who should be vigorous in body and invin ...
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... spirit by their repeated successes , and they were full of trust in the valor and the practice in war of their emir . So the Moslems smote their enemies , and passed the River Garonne , and laid waste the country , and took captives ...
... spirit by their repeated successes , and they were full of trust in the valor and the practice in war of their emir . So the Moslems smote their enemies , and passed the River Garonne , and laid waste the country , and took captives ...
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... spirits of his men , and his knights once more pressed on , sword in hand , around him . The Breton infantry themselves , chased as they were across the field by the English , now turned and cut down their pursuers . • A new act in the ...
... spirits of his men , and his knights once more pressed on , sword in hand , around him . The Breton infantry themselves , chased as they were across the field by the English , now turned and cut down their pursuers . • A new act in the ...
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... spirits . Gosse says , " He was justly elated . He took his public execution with delight , as if it were a martyrdom , and had the greatness of soul to perceive that nothing could possibly commend his career and character to posterity ...
... spirits . Gosse says , " He was justly elated . He took his public execution with delight , as if it were a martyrdom , and had the greatness of soul to perceive that nothing could possibly commend his career and character to posterity ...
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Página 67 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust. My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Página 104 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Página 104 - That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built...
Página 69 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; . . . what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath nattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hie j'acet!
Página 104 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 113 - But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit.
Página 69 - Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness.
Página 293 - We had now fair sun-shine weather, and so pleasant a sweet air as did much refresh us, and there came a smell off the shore like the smell of a garden.
Página 114 - Our city is thrown open to the world, and we never expel a foreigner or prevent him from seeing or learning anything of which the secret, if revealed to an enemy, might profit him. We rely not upon management or trickery, but upon our own hearts and hands.
Página 354 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.