The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a New PlanIsaac Hill, 1824 - 381 páginas |
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... success ; and when , after the death of Hector , the Trojans could no longer keep the field , the city of Troy was defended by lofty towers and impreg- nable walls . 4. The fortune of Greece prevailed ; not however by arms , but by ...
... success ; and when , after the death of Hector , the Trojans could no longer keep the field , the city of Troy was defended by lofty towers and impreg- nable walls . 4. The fortune of Greece prevailed ; not however by arms , but by ...
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... success than the former . 4./Xerxes , out of all hopes of being able to force his way through troops so determined to conquer or die , was extremely perplexed , and could not tell what reso- lution to take ; when an inhabitant of the ...
... success than the former . 4./Xerxes , out of all hopes of being able to force his way through troops so determined to conquer or die , was extremely perplexed , and could not tell what reso- lution to take ; when an inhabitant of the ...
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... success of all the ensuing victories and campaigns . Leonidas , knowing that Xerxes marched at the head of the forces of the east , in order to overwhelm and crush a little country by the dint of his numbers , rightly conceived , from ...
... success of all the ensuing victories and campaigns . Leonidas , knowing that Xerxes marched at the head of the forces of the east , in order to overwhelm and crush a little country by the dint of his numbers , rightly conceived , from ...
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... success of that war consist in opposing force to force , and numbers to num- bers , all the Grecian nations together would never be able to equal the Persians , or to dispute the victory with them ; that it was therefore necessary to ...
... success of that war consist in opposing force to force , and numbers to num- bers , all the Grecian nations together would never be able to equal the Persians , or to dispute the victory with them ; that it was therefore necessary to ...
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... success could there be in facing , with a handful of soldiers , so numer- ous and formidable an army as that of the Persians ? - Miltiades , however , declared for the contrary opinion ; and showed , that the only means to exalt the ...
... success could there be in facing , with a handful of soldiers , so numer- ous and formidable an army as that of the Persians ? - Miltiades , however , declared for the contrary opinion ; and showed , that the only means to exalt the ...
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Página 22 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 162 - And ye five other wan'dring fires that move In- mystic dance, not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaaelew change Vary to our great MAKER still new praise.
Página 161 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 336 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Página 359 - Lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Página 359 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 335 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 104 - Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Página 233 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their powers consign, Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless wishes tower, Claim leads to claim, and power advances power ; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please, And rights, submitted, left him none to seize.
Página 105 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : our proper bliss depends on what we blame : know thy own point : this kind, this due degree of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee : submit.