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... called himself Captain - General of the Greeks ; and the war passed for a war against barbarians to avenge ancient insults . But really it was selfish ambi- tion , selfish policy , selfish calculation of conse- quences all through ; and ...
... called himself Captain - General of the Greeks ; and the war passed for a war against barbarians to avenge ancient insults . But really it was selfish ambi- tion , selfish policy , selfish calculation of conse- quences all through ; and ...
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... called Hyrcania . Dropping names which hardly appear elsewhere in ancient story , and taking a modern map for our guide , we track his course Eastward across Khorassan as far as Herat , then Southward almost to the Lake Zurrah in ...
... called Hyrcania . Dropping names which hardly appear elsewhere in ancient story , and taking a modern map for our guide , we track his course Eastward across Khorassan as far as Herat , then Southward almost to the Lake Zurrah in ...
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... called forth many a rebuke and sneer . three scraps will show how little Joseph loved his task , yet how absolutely he was devoted to the will of the Emperor . " JOSEPH to NAPOLEON , Two or 66 July 18 , 1808 , ( Nine days after he ...
... called forth many a rebuke and sneer . three scraps will show how little Joseph loved his task , yet how absolutely he was devoted to the will of the Emperor . " JOSEPH to NAPOLEON , Two or 66 July 18 , 1808 , ( Nine days after he ...
Page 114
... called to respect . He was an exempted being . Whatever stood in his way to Empire , he was privileged to remove ... called you , your first duty is towards ME , your second towards France . All your other duties , even those towards the ...
... called to respect . He was an exempted being . Whatever stood in his way to Empire , he was privileged to remove ... called you , your first duty is towards ME , your second towards France . All your other duties , even those towards the ...
Page 117
... My second volume contains St. Louis and Henry IV ; and when that is out of print , I wish to put Joan of Arc in her right place , between the two French Kings . she was called by God to her work of delivering JOAN OF ARC . 117.
... My second volume contains St. Louis and Henry IV ; and when that is out of print , I wish to put Joan of Arc in her right place , between the two French Kings . she was called by God to her work of delivering JOAN OF ARC . 117.
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Page 166 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 224 - My father was a yeoman and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 387 - Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor Doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes. The bread of the needy is their life : He that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood. He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; And he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
Page 315 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 243 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 126 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 111 - Il regarde une créature humaine comme un fait ou comme une chose, mais non comme un semblable. Il ne hait pas plus qu'il n'aime; il n'ya que lui pour lui; tout le reste des créatures sont des chiffres. La force de sa volonté consiste dans l'imperturbable calcul de son égoïsme...
Page 325 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 167 - I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with a heartfelt satisfaction.
Page 363 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.