A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All LandsJ. M. Dent & Company, 1913 - 367 Seiten |
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... upon the battle - field of the Alma , all alone throughout the night , striving to alleviate the sufferings and attend to the wants , not of our own wounded , but of the enemy , some of whom , if they were not What is a Golden Deed ? 9.
... upon the battle - field of the Alma , all alone throughout the night , striving to alleviate the sufferings and attend to the wants , not of our own wounded , but of the enemy , some of whom , if they were not What is a Golden Deed ? 9.
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... wounded , had just been laid in the middle bed , by far the most comfortable of the three tiers of berths in the ship's cabin in which the wounded were to be conveyed to New York . Still thrilling with the suffering of being carried ...
... wounded , had just been laid in the middle bed , by far the most comfortable of the three tiers of berths in the ship's cabin in which the wounded were to be conveyed to New York . Still thrilling with the suffering of being carried ...
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... wounds dressed , with a draught of beer from a wooden bottle , when an imploring cry from a wounded Swede , lying on the field , made him turn , and , with the very words of Sidney , " Thy need is greater than mine , " he knelt down by ...
... wounds dressed , with a draught of beer from a wooden bottle , when an imploring cry from a wounded Swede , lying on the field , made him turn , and , with the very words of Sidney , " Thy need is greater than mine , " he knelt down by ...
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... wounded enemy . " " Thou meritest to be a noble , " the king said , and created him one immediately , giving him as armorial bearings a wooden bottle pierced with an arrow ! The family only lately became extinct in the person of an old ...
... wounded enemy . " " Thou meritest to be a noble , " the king said , and created him one immediately , giving him as armorial bearings a wooden bottle pierced with an arrow ! The family only lately became extinct in the person of an old ...
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... wounded in the thigh , and his work was done . He turned round , and— " Saw on Palatinus , The white porch of his home , And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the walls of Rome : ' O Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans ...
... wounded in the thigh , and his work was done . He turned round , and— " Saw on Palatinus , The white porch of his home , And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the walls of Rome : ' O Tiber ! father Tiber ! To whom the Romans ...
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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.