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... field , whose genius attracts men to his standard , and shapes them to his purpose , till they will do and dare anything at his bidding , -one who chains victory to his car , as flatterers tell him , and sweeps away every opposing ...
... field , whose genius attracts men to his standard , and shapes them to his purpose , till they will do and dare anything at his bidding , -one who chains victory to his car , as flatterers tell him , and sweeps away every opposing ...
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... field for their grave . They are emphatically Men of Peace . Their weapons are argument , entreaty , persuasion , remonstrance . The world's praise they do not covet , and often do not win ; for their business is to stem the current ...
... field for their grave . They are emphatically Men of Peace . Their weapons are argument , entreaty , persuasion , remonstrance . The world's praise they do not covet , and often do not win ; for their business is to stem the current ...
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... , and with a very trifling loss the Macedonians re- mained masters of the field . Phrygia surrendered at once ; Sardis and Ephesus fell without a struggle ; Miletus and Halicarnassus were be sieged and taken ALEXANDER THE GREAT . 9.
... , and with a very trifling loss the Macedonians re- mained masters of the field . Phrygia surrendered at once ; Sardis and Ephesus fell without a struggle ; Miletus and Halicarnassus were be sieged and taken ALEXANDER THE GREAT . 9.
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... field in his chariot . No general was left to take his place ; the panic spread ; and , after a slight resistance on the part of some Grecian mercenaries , and a portion of the Persian cavalry , the rout was complete . Everything ...
... field in his chariot . No general was left to take his place ; the panic spread ; and , after a slight resistance on the part of some Grecian mercenaries , and a portion of the Persian cavalry , the rout was complete . Everything ...
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... field of battle , are willing to serve under my ban- ners . Come to me , therefore , in person , as I am now master of all Asia . When you come , ask for your mother , wife , and children , and whatever else you wish for , and any ...
... field of battle , are willing to serve under my ban- ners . Come to me , therefore , in person , as I am now master of all Asia . When you come , ask for your mother , wife , and children , and whatever else you wish for , and any ...
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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.