| Walter Savage Landor - 1836 - 674 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Shew me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages gained, and great calamities averted. Shew me the generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverence ; tell... | |
| 1837 - 664 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Shew me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages gained, and great calamities averted. Shew me the generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverence ; tell... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 696 Seiten
...disputations. Show me rather how great projeets were exeeuted, great advantages gained, and great ealamities averted. Show me the generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverenee ; tell me their names, that I may repeat them to my ehildren. Teaeh me whenee laws were introdueed,... | |
| 1896 - 940 Seiten
...name and fame into the remotest corners of the globe. She who once told us in sonorous sentences " how great projects were executed, great advantages gained, and great calamities averted," is now sent into studious retirement, denied the adornments of style, forbidden the companionship of... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 618 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Show me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages...that I may bend to them in reverence ; tell me their iiamas, that I may repeat them to my children. Teach me whence laws were introduced, upon what foundation... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 618 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Show me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages...generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bond to them in reverence ; tell me their names, that I may repeat them to my children. Teach me whence... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1890 - 266 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Shew me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages gained, and great calamities averted. Shew me the generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverence; tell... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1892 - 72 Seiten
...his heroes say, 'how great projects were executed, ' great advantages gained, and great cala' mities averted. Show me the generals ' and the statesmen...foremost, ' that I may bend to them in reverence. ' . . . Let the books of the Treasury lie ' closed as religiously as the Sibyl's. Leave ' weights and... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1892 - 434 Seiten
...in a history push valiant men back, and protrude ourselves with husky disputations. Shew me rather how great projects were executed, great advantages gained, and great calamities averted. Shew me the generals and the statesmen who stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverence ; tell... | |
| 1893 - 558 Seiten
...illustrated than in the words of Walter Savage Landor. " Show me," he makes one of his heroes say, " how great projects were executed, great advantages...stood foremost, that I may bend to them in reverence. Let the books of the treasure lie closed as religiously as the Sibyls. Leave weights and measures in... | |
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