A Book of Golden Deeds: Of All Times and All LandsSever And Francis, 1866 - 478 Seiten |
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... answer of those capable of such actions . They have been constrained to them by duty , or by pity ; have never even deemed it possible to act otherwise , and did not once think of themselves in the mat- ter at all . For the true metal ...
... answer of those capable of such actions . They have been constrained to them by duty , or by pity ; have never even deemed it possible to act otherwise , and did not once think of themselves in the mat- ter at all . For the true metal ...
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... answered , — - " To me no sufferings have that hideous form Which can affright me from a glorious death . " And she crept forth by night , amid all the horrors of the deserted field of battle , and herself covered with loose earth the ...
... answered , — - " To me no sufferings have that hideous form Which can affright me from a glorious death . " And she crept forth by night , amid all the horrors of the deserted field of battle , and herself covered with loose earth the ...
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... answer that a hard fight was no doubt in preparation , and that it was the custom of the Spartans to array their hair with especial care when they were about to enter upon any great peril . Xerxes would , however , not believe that so ...
... answer that a hard fight was no doubt in preparation , and that it was the custom of the Spartans to array their hair with especial care when they were about to enter upon any great peril . Xerxes would , however , not believe that so ...
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... answered that " he had come to fight , not to carry letters " ; and the other , that " his deeds would tell all that Sparta wished to know . " Another Spartan , named Dienices , when told that the enemy's archers were so numerous that ...
... answered that " he had come to fight , not to carry letters " ; and the other , that " his deeds would tell all that Sparta wished to know . " Another Spartan , named Dienices , when told that the enemy's archers were so numerous that ...
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... answer that the injury was that the Clusians possessed land that the Gauls wanted , re- marking , that it was exactly the way in which the Romans themselves treated their neighbors , adding , however , that this was neither cruel nor ...
... answer that the injury was that the Clusians possessed land that the Gauls wanted , re- marking , that it was exactly the way in which the Romans themselves treated their neighbors , adding , however , that this was neither cruel nor ...
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Seite 111 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Seite 27 - Was heard from either bank, But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 26 - But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius !
Seite 19 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Seite 27 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. "Down with him!" cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face; "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace.
Seite 23 - I wis, in all the Senate There was no heart so bold But sore it ached, and fast it beat, When that ill news was told. Forthwith up rose the Consul, Up rose the Fathers all; In haste they girded up their gowns, And hied them to the wall.
Seite 276 - Before this time to-morrow, I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
Seite 25 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three : Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Seite 224 - I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.