Great Events: Described by Distinguished Historians, Chroniclers, and Other WritersFrancis Lieber Harper, 1862 - Всего страниц: 415 |
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... took much pains , to ascertain facts and acquire information ; and , in so far as we inquire only , whether he conscientiously gave what he had learnt , he unquestionably deserves the character of great veraci- ty . Historical criticism ...
... took much pains , to ascertain facts and acquire information ; and , in so far as we inquire only , whether he conscientiously gave what he had learnt , he unquestionably deserves the character of great veraci- ty . Historical criticism ...
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... took with him , to Thermop- ylæ , a body of three hundred chosen men , all of whom had children . To these , he added those Theban troops , whose number I have before mentioned , and who were conducted by Leontiades , son of Eurymachus ...
... took with him , to Thermop- ylæ , a body of three hundred chosen men , all of whom had children . To these , he added those Theban troops , whose number I have before mentioned , and who were conducted by Leontiades , son of Eurymachus ...
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... took two tab- lets , and erased the wax from each ; then inscribed the purpose of the King on the wood . This done , he replaced the wax , that the several guards , on the road , from see- ing the empty tablets , might have no suspicion ...
... took two tab- lets , and erased the wax from each ; then inscribed the purpose of the King on the wood . This done , he replaced the wax , that the several guards , on the road , from see- ing the empty tablets , might have no suspicion ...
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... took possession of their minds , and a strange kind of numbness , their limbs . They then remained , a long time , motionless and silent , with their eyes fixed on each other , as if each thought the other more capable of judg- ing and ...
... took possession of their minds , and a strange kind of numbness , their limbs . They then remained , a long time , motionless and silent , with their eyes fixed on each other , as if each thought the other more capable of judg- ing and ...
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... took possession of every mind , that , had they been told that all were to die on the spot , they could not have felt deeper affliction . Silence continued a long time , the consuls not being able to utter a word , either in favor of a ...
... took possession of every mind , that , had they been told that all were to die on the spot , they could not have felt deeper affliction . Silence continued a long time , the consuls not being able to utter a word , either in favor of a ...
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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.