A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All LandsJ. M. Dent & Company, 1913 - 367 Seiten |
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... offered a large price for a couple of eaglets . The only eyrie was on a crag sup- posed to be so inaccessible , that no one ventured to attempt it , till these boys , in their intense anxiety for their father , dared the fearful danger ...
... offered a large price for a couple of eaglets . The only eyrie was on a crag sup- posed to be so inaccessible , that no one ventured to attempt it , till these boys , in their intense anxiety for their father , dared the fearful danger ...
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... offered , for a great sum of money , to show the mountain path that would enable the enemy to take the brave defenders in the rear ! A Persian general , named Hydarnes , was sent off at nightfall with a detachment to secure this passage ...
... offered , for a great sum of money , to show the mountain path that would enable the enemy to take the brave defenders in the rear ! A Persian general , named Hydarnes , was sent off at nightfall with a detachment to secure this passage ...
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... offering themselves to the weapons of the barbarians , they might atone for the sin sanctioned by the Republic , and that their death might be the saving of the nation . This notion that the death of a ruler would expiate a country's ...
... offering themselves to the weapons of the barbarians , they might atone for the sin sanctioned by the Republic , and that their death might be the saving of the nation . This notion that the death of a ruler would expiate a country's ...
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... offered the magistrates to undertake their defence ; and getting together all the men who could bear arms , he led them out , fell upon the Gauls as they all lay asleep and unguarded in the dead of night , made a great slaughter of them ...
... offered the magistrates to undertake their defence ; and getting together all the men who could bear arms , he led them out , fell upon the Gauls as they all lay asleep and unguarded in the dead of night , made a great slaughter of them ...
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... while Dionysius , the miserable man who trusted nobody , was ready to scoff at his simplicity , another Pythagorean , by name Damon , came forward , and offered to become surety for his 4 The Two Friends of Syracuse 49.
... while Dionysius , the miserable man who trusted nobody , was ready to scoff at his simplicity , another Pythagorean , by name Damon , came forward , and offered to become surety for his 4 The Two Friends of Syracuse 49.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
arms army Attalus battle boat brave Brennus brother Buzançais Calais called Captain carried castle Ceuta Christian church command danger death Decius died Dragut dreadful Elmo Emperor enemy English entreated faith father fearful fell fight fire Fort Ricasoli Fort St France French friends Gauls gave Golden Deeds Grand Master Grasmere Greek hand heard heart honour hope horse Ivan Janissaries Jean de Vienne King Kourbsky lady Lescure lived looked Lord Madame Monthyon mother never night noble officers once Oprichniks Oprichnina peasants peril poor poverty in France Prascovia prayers priest Prince prisoners remained rock Roman Rome round Russian sent ship shouts sick siege slaves sledge snow soldiers suffering Tatars terrible thought told took town troops Tzar Vercingetorix vessel village wall whole wife wild woman wounded young Zaragoza
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 22 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 22 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three: Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Seite 353 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass...
Seite 23 - The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose...
Seite 212 - O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me ;" then, rising, he said,
Seite 88 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Seite 24 - Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry. And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 18 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Seite 17 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.