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Pagina 12
... side , that is as against the Slavonians . It is a point in history which is often neglected or forgotten , that the eastern parts of the kingdom of Prussia , that is the provinces of East and West Prussia , Pomerania and Silesia , were ...
... side , that is as against the Slavonians . It is a point in history which is often neglected or forgotten , that the eastern parts of the kingdom of Prussia , that is the provinces of East and West Prussia , Pomerania and Silesia , were ...
Pagina 35
... side of the river Winwœed , now called the Aire , and at no great distance from the modern Leeds . * * The exact locality of this battle is a point which it would be very gratifying to settle , but which at present is quite obscure ...
... side of the river Winwœed , now called the Aire , and at no great distance from the modern Leeds . * * The exact locality of this battle is a point which it would be very gratifying to settle , but which at present is quite obscure ...
Pagina 44
... side the fittest ally , the wisest councillor , whom , while he trusted he never leant upon , or made absolutely essential to his success . When he invaded England he seemed over - matched on all hands . In Harold he found energy and ...
... side the fittest ally , the wisest councillor , whom , while he trusted he never leant upon , or made absolutely essential to his success . When he invaded England he seemed over - matched on all hands . In Harold he found energy and ...
Pagina 59
... side of what history places on that of his adversary ; though , as we shall see , the French assert that it is undeserved . Of Montcalm , the French hero , as I have said , we most of us know little : but much deserves to be known . It ...
... side of what history places on that of his adversary ; though , as we shall see , the French assert that it is undeserved . Of Montcalm , the French hero , as I have said , we most of us know little : but much deserves to be known . It ...
Pagina 61
... side ; not brigading them in disciplined ranks , with European officers and the restraints of civilization , as we now do with Hindoos and Indian Mahometans , but leaving them to practise their own barbarous customs and slake their ...
... side ; not brigading them in disciplined ranks , with European officers and the restraints of civilization , as we now do with Hindoos and Indian Mahometans , but leaving them to practise their own barbarous customs and slake their ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 68 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 73 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Pagina 35 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Pagina 75 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Pagina 51 - It is strange how every body do now-a-days reflect upon Oliver, and commend him, what brave things he did, and made all the neighbour princes fear him ; while here a prince, come in with all the love and prayers and good liking of his people, who have given greater signs of loyalty and willingness to serve him with their estates than ever was done by any people, hath lost all so soon, that it is a miracle what...
Pagina 80 - The officers and men will remember what their country expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, inured to war, is capable of doing against five weak French battalions, mingled with a disorderly peasantry.
Pagina 65 - While we were talking came by several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle. They go like lambs, without any resistance. I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched...
Pagina 80 - Christian civilization, but by the license of a time when " every " man did what was right in his own eyes," — and when the maxim of them of old time still prevailed over every other consideration, — " Thou shalt love u thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.