A Book of Golden Deeds: Of All Times and All LandsMacmillan and Company, 1864 - 454 Seiten |
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... fire around him , held fast by the wheel in the very jaws of the flame , so as to guide the vessel into harbour , and save the many lives within her , at the cost of his own fearful agony , while slowly scorched by the flames ...
... fire around him , held fast by the wheel in the very jaws of the flame , so as to guide the vessel into harbour , and save the many lives within her , at the cost of his own fearful agony , while slowly scorched by the flames ...
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... fire , they abhorred the idol - worship of the Greeks , and defiled and plundered every temple that fell in their way . Death and desolation were almost the best that could be looked for at such hands - slavery and torture from cruelly ...
... fire , they abhorred the idol - worship of the Greeks , and defiled and plundered every temple that fell in their way . Death and desolation were almost the best that could be looked for at such hands - slavery and torture from cruelly ...
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... fire or water , and after a year of misery , he redeemed his honour by perishing in the fore - front of the battle of Platea , which was the last blow that drove the Persians ingloriously from Greece . The Greeks then united in doing ...
... fire or water , and after a year of misery , he redeemed his honour by perishing in the fore - front of the battle of Platea , which was the last blow that drove the Persians ingloriously from Greece . The Greeks then united in doing ...
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... fire , which was esteemed sacred , and never allowed to be extinguished . A man named Albinus , who saw these sacred women footsore , weary , and weighed down with the treasures of their temple , removed his own family and goods from ...
... fire , which was esteemed sacred , and never allowed to be extinguished . A man named Albinus , who saw these sacred women footsore , weary , and weighed down with the treasures of their temple , removed his own family and goods from ...
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... to be beyond their power , but they hoped to starve the defenders out ; and in the meantime they spent their time in pulling down the outer walls , and such houses and temples as had resisted the fire , till the defenders 46 A BOOK OF.
... to be beyond their power , but they hoped to starve the defenders out ; and in the meantime they spent their time in pulling down the outer walls , and such houses and temples as had resisted the fire , till the defenders 46 A BOOK OF.
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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.