A Book of Golden Deeds: Of All Times and All LandsMacmillan and Company, 1864 - 454 Seiten |
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... Brethren of Judah The Chief of the Arverni 73 83 Withstanding the Monarch in his Wrath • 93 The last Fight in the Coliseum The Shepherd Girl of Nanterre Leo the Slave . 100 IIO 116 The Battle of the Blackwater Guzman el Bueno Faithful till.
... Brethren of Judah The Chief of the Arverni 73 83 Withstanding the Monarch in his Wrath • 93 The last Fight in the Coliseum The Shepherd Girl of Nanterre Leo the Slave . 100 IIO 116 The Battle of the Blackwater Guzman el Bueno Faithful till.
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... fight at Zutphen , and giving the draught from his own lips to the dying man whose necessities were greater than his own , has long been our proverb for the giver of that self - denying cup of water that shall by no means lose its ...
... fight at Zutphen , and giving the draught from his own lips to the dying man whose necessities were greater than his own , has long been our proverb for the giver of that self - denying cup of water that shall by no means lose its ...
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... lashed together , and march southwards into Greece . The only hope of averting the danger lay in defending such passages as , from the nature of the ground , were so narrow that only a few persons could fight 32 A BOOK OF.
... lashed together , and march southwards into Greece . The only hope of averting the danger lay in defending such passages as , from the nature of the ground , were so narrow that only a few persons could fight 32 A BOOK OF.
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... fight hand to hand at once , so that courage would be of more avail than numbers . The first of these passes was called Tempe , and a body of troops was sent to guard it ; but they found that this was useless and impossible , and came ...
... fight hand to hand at once , so that courage would be of more avail than numbers . The first of these passes was called Tempe , and a body of troops was sent to guard it ; but they found that this was useless and impossible , and came ...
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... 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 petty D 2 GOLDEN ...
... 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 petty D 2 GOLDEN ...
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Seite 102 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped 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 hailed the wretch who won.
Seite 92 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Seite 14 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Seite 438 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Seite 21 - The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose...
Seite 22 - 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 23 - 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 15 - 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 15 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Seite 450 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.