Great Events: Described by Distinguished Historians, Chroniclers, and Other WritersFrancis Lieber Harper, 1862 - Всего страниц: 415 |
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... taken ; and this intelli- gence was , in the course of the night , circulated through the camp . All this was confirmed by their sentinels , who , early in the morning , fled down the sides of the mountain . In this predicament , the ...
... taken ; and this intelli- gence was , in the course of the night , circulated through the camp . All this was confirmed by their sentinels , who , early in the morning , fled down the sides of the mountain . In this predicament , the ...
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... taken the circuit of the mountain , exerted themselves , with the most desperate valor , against the Barbarian assailants . Their spears being broken in pieces , they had recourse to their swords . Leonidas fell in the engagement ...
... taken the circuit of the mountain , exerted themselves , with the most desperate valor , against the Barbarian assailants . Their spears being broken in pieces , they had recourse to their swords . Leonidas fell in the engagement ...
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... taken refuge among the Medes , and , as there is every reason to suppose , was not friendly to the Spartans . He , however , it was , who informed them of what was medita- ted , whether to serve or insult them , must be left to con ...
... taken refuge among the Medes , and , as there is every reason to suppose , was not friendly to the Spartans . He , however , it was , who informed them of what was medita- ted , whether to serve or insult them , must be left to con ...
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... taken a leading part in politics ; it would have interfered with his divine career : but he had always done his duty , as a good citizen . He had bravely fought for his country at Platææ ; he had gone to vote , when called upon , as a ...
... taken a leading part in politics ; it would have interfered with his divine career : but he had always done his duty , as a good citizen . He had bravely fought for his country at Platææ ; he had gone to vote , when called upon , as a ...
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... taken from the second volume of ' His- torical Parallels , ' as offering as judicious a combination of extracts , as can be made for our purpose . AFTER Socrates had continued to teach , at least twenty- four years , ( for the date of ...
... taken from the second volume of ' His- torical Parallels , ' as offering as judicious a combination of extracts , as can be made for our purpose . AFTER Socrates had continued to teach , at least twenty- four years , ( for the date of ...
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Стр. 146 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Стр. 315 - My loving people ! We have been persuaded, by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 315 - I know I have the body but 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...
Стр. 129 - But their strength and ammunition were exhausted in this laborious defence ; the ditch was filled with the bodies of the slain ; they supported the footsteps of their companions ; and of this devoted vanguard, the death was more serviceable than the life. Under their respective bashaws and sanjaks,* the troops of Anatolia and Romania were successively led to the charge.
Стр. 276 - I take God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true, humble, and obedient wife, ever conformable to your will and pleasure...
Стр. 110 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Стр. 278 - I could in my fantasy wish or desire. She hath all the virtuous qualities that ought to be in a woman of her dignity, or in any other of baser estate. Surely she is also a noble woman born, if nothing were in her, but only her conditions will well declare the same.
Стр. 122 - ... bravest of the Janizaries might tremble on a new element. In the Christian squadron five stout and lofty ships were guided by skilful pilots, and manned with the veterans of Italy and Greece, long practised in the arts and perils of the sea. Their weight was directed to sink or scatter the weak obstacles that impeded their passage: their artillery swept the waters; their liquid fire was poured on the heads of the adversaries, who, with the design of boarding, presumed to approach them; and the...
Стр. 280 - Canterbury, axing your licence (forasmuch as you were our metropolitan) to put this matter in question ; and so I did of all you, my lords, to the which ye have all granted by writing under all your seals, the which I have here to be showed.
Стр. 137 - From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august, but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry: "The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.