The Great Triumphs of Great MenJames Mason William P. Nimmo, 1875 - 624 Seiten |
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... remarkable armament which the western nations had witnessed . ' When gathering together his vassals , previously to hoisting sail , he was agreeably surprised by the arrival of his fair consort , Matilda , in a noble and well- built ...
... remarkable armament which the western nations had witnessed . ' When gathering together his vassals , previously to hoisting sail , he was agreeably surprised by the arrival of his fair consort , Matilda , in a noble and well- built ...
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... remarkable object in nature , which is not connected with a name dear to every romantic , youthful , and patriotic mind . The recorded feats in the life of Wallace rank him not only among the first patriots of his nation , but among the ...
... remarkable object in nature , which is not connected with a name dear to every romantic , youthful , and patriotic mind . The recorded feats in the life of Wallace rank him not only among the first patriots of his nation , but among the ...
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... remarkable , these men have so instanta- neously recovered themselves on its fall to the ground , as to remove to a place of safety be- SIR JOHN MOORE . A hero's greatest triumph sometimes may be his own glori- ous death ; and such was ...
... remarkable , these men have so instanta- neously recovered themselves on its fall to the ground , as to remove to a place of safety be- SIR JOHN MOORE . A hero's greatest triumph sometimes may be his own glori- ous death ; and such was ...
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... remarkable for the service which it rendered to The French fleet , consisting of thirty vessels , under Count de Grasse , was placed at Mar- tinique . It designed to make a junction with the Spanish fleet , that the two might fall with ...
... remarkable for the service which it rendered to The French fleet , consisting of thirty vessels , under Count de Grasse , was placed at Mar- tinique . It designed to make a junction with the Spanish fleet , that the two might fall with ...
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... remarkable as his talents for debate . ' He was , ' says Clarendon , ' of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious , and of facts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp . ' 6 " The ...
... remarkable as his talents for debate . ' He was , ' says Clarendon , ' of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious , and of facts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp . ' 6 " The ...
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Seite 155 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily : when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Seite 95 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Seite 95 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Seite 158 - As for Jonson, to whose character I am now arrived, if we look upon him while he was himself (for his last plays were but his dotages), I think him the most learned and judicious writer which any theatre ever had. He was a most severe judge of himself, as well as others. One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it.
Seite 211 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Seite 96 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Seite 64 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Seite 197 - The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables.
Seite 117 - ... their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Seite 169 - The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship.