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... side as 300,000 ; and many more , he tells us , were taken prisoners . Such statements throw a fabulous air over the whole narrative . We may believe it or not , as we please ; but certainly , if it be not a monstrous exaggeration , the ...
... side as 300,000 ; and many more , he tells us , were taken prisoners . Such statements throw a fabulous air over the whole narrative . We may believe it or not , as we please ; but certainly , if it be not a monstrous exaggeration , the ...
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... side , from Alexander to the meanest soldier in the ranks . Such things may have been in the olden time ; but it seems far more probable that the men , who surrounded the self - vaunting conqueror , fed his pride with statements which ...
... side , from Alexander to the meanest soldier in the ranks . Such things may have been in the olden time ; but it seems far more probable that the men , who surrounded the self - vaunting conqueror , fed his pride with statements which ...
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... side , -to overawe unknown unoffending tribes who might own him , in some vague sense , as their master , - this was the absorbing , consuming passion of the mighty man of war whose fame has filled the world 14 ALEXANDER THE GREAT .
... side , -to overawe unknown unoffending tribes who might own him , in some vague sense , as their master , - this was the absorbing , consuming passion of the mighty man of war whose fame has filled the world 14 ALEXANDER THE GREAT .
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... side , but with the men who had just been engaged in deadly conflict with him . Large offers were made by Henry , -to his eldest son , half the royal revenues of England , with the custody of four of its fortified towns , or similar ...
... side , but with the men who had just been engaged in deadly conflict with him . Large offers were made by Henry , -to his eldest son , half the royal revenues of England , with the custody of four of its fortified towns , or similar ...
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... have been on the enemy's side . Richard resided almost continually in France while Henry lived , and England had little part in him when he succeeded to the throne . As Duke of Aquitaine he was known before ; and as the 30 CŒUR DE LION .
... have been on the enemy's side . Richard resided almost continually in France while Henry lived , and England had little part in him when he succeeded to the throne . As Duke of Aquitaine he was known before ; and as the 30 CŒUR DE LION .
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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.