The Book of the SwordChatto and Windus, 1884 - Всего страниц: 299 |
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... Probably at no period during the last four centuries has the Sword been so ardently studied as it is now by the Latin race in France and Italy . At no time have the schools been so dis- tinguished for intellectual as well as for moral ...
... Probably at no period during the last four centuries has the Sword been so ardently studied as it is now by the Latin race in France and Italy . At no time have the schools been so dis- tinguished for intellectual as well as for moral ...
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... PROBABLY GREEK FOUND IN CRANNOG AT PESCHIARA , 235 223. PERSIAN WARRIOR . • 209 257. Two - Edged BRONZE SWORD AND 224. THE PERSIAN CIDARIS , OR TIARA • 209 ALABASTER POMMEL 236 225. PERSIAN ACINACES 210 258. KOPIS WITH POMMEL . • 236 ...
... PROBABLY GREEK FOUND IN CRANNOG AT PESCHIARA , 235 223. PERSIAN WARRIOR . • 209 257. Two - Edged BRONZE SWORD AND 224. THE PERSIAN CIDARIS , OR TIARA • 209 ALABASTER POMMEL 236 225. PERSIAN ACINACES 210 258. KOPIS WITH POMMEL . • 236 ...
Стр. xli
... probably weapon - making . History 1 Frederick the Great declared that an army moves like a serpent , upon its belly . According to Plutarch , the snake was held sacred because it glides without limbs , like the stars . Fire , says ...
... probably weapon - making . History 1 Frederick the Great declared that an army moves like a serpent , upon its belly . According to Plutarch , the snake was held sacred because it glides without limbs , like the stars . Fire , says ...
Стр. xli
... Probably offended by the sudden appearance of white faces , it seized with its trunk a heavy billet , and threw it at our heads with a force and a good will that proved the worst intention . According to Captain Hall - who , however ...
... Probably offended by the sudden appearance of white faces , it seized with its trunk a heavy billet , and threw it at our heads with a force and a good will that proved the worst intention . According to Captain Hall - who , however ...
Стр. xli
... probably the first form of weapon , and is still the favourite with savage Man . It favours the natural self - preservative instinct . El - Khauf maksúm- ' fear is distributed , ' - say the Arabs . ' The shorter the weapon the braver ...
... probably the first form of weapon , and is still the favourite with savage Man . It favours the natural self - preservative instinct . El - Khauf maksúm- ' fear is distributed , ' - say the Arabs . ' The shorter the weapon the braver ...
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Стр. 166 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Стр. 16 - Arma antiqua, manus, ungues, dentesque fuerunt, Et lapides, et item sylvarum fragmina rami, Et ílammae, atque ignes, postquam suntcognitaprimum: Posterius ferri vis est aerisque reperta : Et prior aeris erat quam ferri cognitus usus ; Quo facilis magis est natura, et copia major.
Стр. 50 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Стр. 178 - And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Стр. 16 - ... cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris, mutum et turpe pecus, glandem atque cubilia propter unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus atque ita porro pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus, donec verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, nominaque invenere; dehinc absistere bello, oppida coeperunt munire et ponere leges, ne quis fur esset neu latro neu quis adulter.
Стр. 50 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Стр. 109 - One day he handed to his neighbours the following verses of his own composing to be spread about : — " Ding dong ! The hammer-strokes fall long and fast, Until the Iron turns to Steel at last ! Now shall the long long Day of Rest begin, The Land of Bliss Eternal calls me in." Thereupon he died. But his verses spread all over Honan, and many learned to call upon Buddha
Стр. xviii - Museum under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. From Photographs, Plans, and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India. By HENRY HARDY COLE, LIEUT. RE, Superintendent Archaeological Survey of India, North-West Provinces.
Стр. 17 - Like the three principal colours of the rainbow, these three stages of civilization overlap, intermingle, and shade off the one into the other; and yet their succession, so far as Western Europe is concerned, appears to be equally well defined with that of the prismatic colours, though the proportions of the spectrum may vary in different countries.
Стр. 179 - I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner : 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.