The Great Triumphs of Great MenJames Mason William P. Nimmo, 1875 - 624 էջ |
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... remained in this retreat , the adventure of the burned cakes happened , of which every one has heard . Alfred afterwards retired to the isle of Athelney , in Somer- setshire , where he built a fort for the security of himself , his ...
... remained in this retreat , the adventure of the burned cakes happened , of which every one has heard . Alfred afterwards retired to the isle of Athelney , in Somer- setshire , where he built a fort for the security of himself , his ...
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... remained for some days near Turnberry ; but succour having arrived from the neighbouring garrisons , he was obliged to seek shelter in the mountainous parts of Carrick . There is an incident in Bruce's career often quoted as an illus ...
... remained for some days near Turnberry ; but succour having arrived from the neighbouring garrisons , he was obliged to seek shelter in the mountainous parts of Carrick . There is an incident in Bruce's career often quoted as an illus ...
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... remained be- hind could possibly come to their assistance . He therefore inclined to delay the battle . But Cressingham the treasurer , who was ignorant and presump- tuous , insisted that it was their duty to fight and put an end to the ...
... remained be- hind could possibly come to their assistance . He therefore inclined to delay the battle . But Cressingham the treasurer , who was ignorant and presump- tuous , insisted that it was their duty to fight and put an end to the ...
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... remained no more hope , and sought out a place of concealment , where , eluding the vengeance of Ed- ward , he might silently lament over his fallen country . No- thing now remained in Scotland unconquered except the castle of Stirling ...
... remained no more hope , and sought out a place of concealment , where , eluding the vengeance of Ed- ward , he might silently lament over his fallen country . No- thing now remained in Scotland unconquered except the castle of Stirling ...
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... remained during the ensuing winter in that city , concluded a truce with the dauphin Charles , John's eldest son , and in the spring of 1357 crossed over to England with the king and Prince Philip as trophies of his prowess . A ...
... remained during the ensuing winter in that city , concluded a truce with the dauphin Charles , John's eldest son , and in the spring of 1357 crossed over to England with the king and Prince Philip as trophies of his prowess . A ...
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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.