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... character , for one thing . Some , like Xavier and Las Casas , I have chosen pur- posely , because their fame , popularly speaking , is far behind their merits . Others , like Napoleon and Gus- tavus Adolphus , represent great Epochs in ...
... character , for one thing . Some , like Xavier and Las Casas , I have chosen pur- posely , because their fame , popularly speaking , is far behind their merits . Others , like Napoleon and Gus- tavus Adolphus , represent great Epochs in ...
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... character of one who had swept away an ancient Monarchy , and was responsible , by his own acts , for the happiness of so many millions of his fellow- creatures . Much more true to facts seems the decision of the last Historian of ...
... character of one who had swept away an ancient Monarchy , and was responsible , by his own acts , for the happiness of so many millions of his fellow- creatures . Much more true to facts seems the decision of the last Historian of ...
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... character was completely altered , and he would have reached Italy more like the effeminate Darius than Alexander in his prime . With mingled scorn and pity , writing of " so great a King , " he adds , " I blush to speak of the pride ...
... character was completely altered , and he would have reached Italy more like the effeminate Darius than Alexander in his prime . With mingled scorn and pity , writing of " so great a King , " he adds , " I blush to speak of the pride ...
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... character by the acclama- tions of an army made up of all the nations of Christendom , —or listen to the tale of simple villagers leaving their homes in crowds , without provisions and without weapons , and starting for Jerusalem with ...
... character by the acclama- tions of an army made up of all the nations of Christendom , —or listen to the tale of simple villagers leaving their homes in crowds , without provisions and without weapons , and starting for Jerusalem with ...
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... sovereign at home , and the king of Scotland , after ravaging the Northern Counties , was besieging Carlisle . These multiplied dangers roused all the energies of Henry's character . He was then in Normandy ; COEUR DE LION . 27.
... sovereign at home , and the king of Scotland , after ravaging the Northern Counties , was besieging Carlisle . These multiplied dangers roused all the energies of Henry's character . He was then in Normandy ; COEUR DE LION . 27.
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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.