The Great Triumphs of Great MenJames Mason William P. Nimmo, 1875 - 624 páginas |
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... give up the whole kingdom of the East Angles to such as would embrace the Christian religion , on condition that they should oblige the rest of their countrymen to quit the island , and , as much as it was in their power , prevent the ...
... give up the whole kingdom of the East Angles to such as would embrace the Christian religion , on condition that they should oblige the rest of their countrymen to quit the island , and , as much as it was in their power , prevent the ...
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... give credit to an old writer , he ordered the exe- cution of no fewer than forty- four judges and magistrates of this stamp in the course of one year . Those who were careless he reprimanded and suspended , commanding them to qualify ...
... give credit to an old writer , he ordered the exe- cution of no fewer than forty- four judges and magistrates of this stamp in the course of one year . Those who were careless he reprimanded and suspended , commanding them to qualify ...
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... give him the op- second son , William , his face portunity of becoming monarch directed towards England , with of this country . Edward died a trumpet at his mouth , and on the 5th of January 1066 , and holding a bow with the arrow the ...
... give him the op- second son , William , his face portunity of becoming monarch directed towards England , with of this country . Edward died a trumpet at his mouth , and on the 5th of January 1066 , and holding a bow with the arrow the ...
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... give you seisin of this land , with promise that ere a month you shall be lord over it . ' ' I accept it , ' was the duke's reply ; and may God aid the right ! ' Further to refresh the spirits of his army , and remove any sinister ...
... give you seisin of this land , with promise that ere a month you shall be lord over it . ' ' I accept it , ' was the duke's reply ; and may God aid the right ! ' Further to refresh the spirits of his army , and remove any sinister ...
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... give it up . He caused it to be buried on the sea - shore , saying , ' He guarded the coast when living , let him still guard it now that he is dead . ' He seems , however , to have after- wards relented , and the remains of Harold ...
... give it up . He caused it to be buried on the sea - shore , saying , ' He guarded the coast when living , let him still guard it now that he is dead . ' He seems , however , to have after- wards relented , and the remains of Harold ...
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Página 155 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily : when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Página 95 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Página 95 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Página 158 - As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but his dotages), I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it.
Página 211 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Página 96 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Página 64 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Página 197 - The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables.
Página 117 - ... their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Página 169 - The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship.