The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to WaterlooRichard Bentley, 1862 - Всего страниц: 639 |
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... lord of the principality . This was about twenty - eight years before the battle of Marathon , and it is with his arrival in the Chersonese that our first knowledge of the career and character of Miltiades We find , in the first act ...
... lord of the principality . This was about twenty - eight years before the battle of Marathon , and it is with his arrival in the Chersonese that our first knowledge of the career and character of Miltiades We find , in the first act ...
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... lord of so many nations must have heard , nine years before the battle of Mara- thon , that a strange nation toward the setting sun , called the Athenians , had dared to help his rebels in Ionia against him , and that they had plundered ...
... lord of so many nations must have heard , nine years before the battle of Mara- thon , that a strange nation toward the setting sun , called the Athenians , had dared to help his rebels in Ionia against him , and that they had plundered ...
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... lord of all men , from the rising to the setting sun , * required earth and water to be delivered to his heralds , as a symbolical ac- knowledgment that he was head and master of the country . Terror - stricken at the power of Persia ...
... lord of all men , from the rising to the setting sun , * required earth and water to be delivered to his heralds , as a symbolical ac- knowledgment that he was head and master of the country . Terror - stricken at the power of Persia ...
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... lords of Asia turned their backs and fled , and the Greeks followed , striking them down , to the water's edge , ‡ where the invaders were now hastily launch- ing their galleys , and seeking to embark and fly . Flushed with Ἐμαχόμεσθ ...
... lords of Asia turned their backs and fled , and the Greeks followed , striking them down , to the water's edge , ‡ where the invaders were now hastily launch- ing their galleys , and seeking to embark and fly . Flushed with Ἐμαχόμεσθ ...
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... lord of the two continents , and that his name is renowned throughout the whole earth . Let the evil - speaker against Al- exander bear all this in mind , and then let him reflect on his own insignificance , the pettiness of his own ...
... lord of the two continents , and that his name is renowned throughout the whole earth . Let the evil - speaker against Al- exander bear all this in mind , and then let him reflect on his own insignificance , the pettiness of his own ...
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Стр. 247 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
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Стр. 131 - Then leave the poor Plebeian his single tie to life — The sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours. Still let the maiden's beauty swell the father's breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride.
Стр. 323 - This article is inadmissible in any extremity. Sooner than this army will consent to ground their arms in their encampments, they will rush on the enemy determined to take no quarter.
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Стр. 247 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Стр. 303 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Стр. 137 - Maneat, quaeso, duretque gentibus, si non amor nostri, at certe odium sui, quando urgentibus imperii fatis nihil iam praestare Fortuna maius potest quam hostium discordiam.