The ElahPrinted and Published for the author, by R. Hardwicke, 1857 - 159 páginas |
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... respect to its widest sweep , the full ex- tent of this range of territory was not always maintained ; yet within its regular and perma- nently settled boundaries the Empire contained one million six hundred thousand square English ...
... respect to its widest sweep , the full ex- tent of this range of territory was not always maintained ; yet within its regular and perma- nently settled boundaries the Empire contained one million six hundred thousand square English ...
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... respects , Theodosius and Valentinian both perpetuated Constantine's grievous error of dividing the Empire . The worst of the evil Princes was Nero , because of his matricide , unless Vitel- lius was equally guilty with the son of ...
... respects , Theodosius and Valentinian both perpetuated Constantine's grievous error of dividing the Empire . The worst of the evil Princes was Nero , because of his matricide , unless Vitel- lius was equally guilty with the son of ...
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... respects . Constan- tine's error was in raising his city to an equal , and even in some respects superior , rank to Rome . " The following is an enumeration of thirty Cæsars who in the higher degree governed well , both in the capital ...
... respects . Constan- tine's error was in raising his city to an equal , and even in some respects superior , rank to Rome . " The following is an enumeration of thirty Cæsars who in the higher degree governed well , both in the capital ...
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... respect . Peculiar to a Mother is the singular constancy with which she affectionately pardons and accepts her children , when after being at dissension with her they return to her faithful and deathless love : that love so touchingly ...
... respect . Peculiar to a Mother is the singular constancy with which she affectionately pardons and accepts her children , when after being at dissension with her they return to her faithful and deathless love : that love so touchingly ...
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... respect with Epaminondas , and Lycurgus , and Camillus , and Hannibal . Washington , in suffering the full rigor of mar- tial law to take its dread course in the sad case of the gallant Andre , was strictly justified , lament- able as ...
... respect with Epaminondas , and Lycurgus , and Camillus , and Hannibal . Washington , in suffering the full rigor of mar- tial law to take its dread course in the sad case of the gallant Andre , was strictly justified , lament- able as ...
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Página 20 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Página 13 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Página 17 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Página 3 - The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend; That tyrant was Miltiades ! Oh ! that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind.
Página 14 - In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
Página 18 - AGAIN to the battle, Achaians ! Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance ; Our land, the first garden of Liberty's tree — It has been, and shall yet be, the land of the free : For the cross of our faith is replanted, The pale dying crescent is daunted, And we march that the foot-prints of Mahomet's slaves May be washed out in blood from our forefathers
Página 19 - So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.
Página 19 - For he pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people. Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in the land.
Página 21 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página 19 - ... about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword. In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey. For he pursued the wicked, and sought them oat, and burnt up those that vexed his people.