The Great Triumphs of Great MenJames Mason William P. Nimmo, 1875 - 624 էջ |
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... caused a survey to be made of the coast and navi- gable rivers , and ordered castles to be erected at those places which were most accessible to the landing of the enemy . Fifty strong towers and castles rose in different parts of the ...
... caused a survey to be made of the coast and navi- gable rivers , and ordered castles to be erected at those places which were most accessible to the landing of the enemy . Fifty strong towers and castles rose in different parts of the ...
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... caused his golden throne to be placed on the sea - shore as the tide was rolling in with its resistless might , and putting his jewelled crown upon his head , and seat- ing himself upon the throne , he addressed the ocean , and said ...
... caused his golden throne to be placed on the sea - shore as the tide was rolling in with its resistless might , and putting his jewelled crown upon his head , and seat- ing himself upon the throne , he addressed the ocean , and said ...
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... caused these and then dismissed . men to be led through his camp As the No mans shaved the upper lip , It is recorded of Julius Caesar , that on alighting from ship - board in Africa , his foot slipped and he fell in the same He also ...
... caused these and then dismissed . men to be led through his camp As the No mans shaved the upper lip , It is recorded of Julius Caesar , that on alighting from ship - board in Africa , his foot slipped and he fell in the same He also ...
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... caused a spot near where Harold had fallen to be cleared , and pitched his tent there , in which he and his barons supped that night . He afterwards founded an abbey on the spot , named Battle , in which prayers were to be con- tinually ...
... caused a spot near where Harold had fallen to be cleared , and pitched his tent there , in which he and his barons supped that night . He afterwards founded an abbey on the spot , named Battle , in which prayers were to be con- tinually ...
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... cause of their ancient lord . He enjoined the messenger , if he saw that the dispositions of the people were favourable , to make a signal , on a day appointed , by lighting a fire on an eminence above the castle of Turnberry . The ...
... cause of their ancient lord . He enjoined the messenger , if he saw that the dispositions of the people were favourable , to make a signal , on a day appointed , by lighting a fire on an eminence above the castle of Turnberry . The ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 95 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 169 - The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship.