A Book of Golden Deeds: Of All Times and All LandsMacmillan and Company, 1864 - 454 páginas |
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... Carthaginians , there we find no true self - devotion . The great deeds of the heathen world were all done by early Greeks and Romans before yet the last gleams of purer light had faded out of their belief , and while their moral sense ...
... Carthaginians , there we find no true self - devotion . The great deeds of the heathen world were all done by early Greeks and Romans before yet the last gleams of purer light had faded out of their belief , and while their moral sense ...
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... Carthaginians , who had many settlements in Sicily , he became general of the army , and then found it easy to establish his power over the city . This power was not according to the laws , for Syracuse , like most other cities , ought ...
... Carthaginians , who had many settlements in Sicily , he became general of the army , and then found it easy to establish his power over the city . This power was not according to the laws , for Syracuse , like most other cities , ought ...
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... Carthaginians , and rendered . Syracuse by far the chief city in the island , and he con- trived to make every one so much afraid of him that no one durst attempt to overthrow his power . He was a good scholar , and very fond of ...
... Carthaginians , and rendered . Syracuse by far the chief city in the island , and he con- trived to make every one so much afraid of him that no one durst attempt to overthrow his power . He was a good scholar , and very fond of ...
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... Carthaginians . This race came from Tyre and Zidon ; and were descended from some of the Phoenicians , or Zidonians , who were such dangerous foes , or more dangerous friends , to the Israelites . Carthage had , as some say , been first ...
... Carthaginians . This race came from Tyre and Zidon ; and were descended from some of the Phoenicians , or Zidonians , who were such dangerous foes , or more dangerous friends , to the Israelites . Carthage had , as some say , been first ...
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... Carthaginian fleet , and this was the first naval battle that the Romans ever gained . It made the way to Africa free ; but the soldiers , who had never been so far from home before , murmured , for they expected to meet not only human ...
... Carthaginian fleet , and this was the first naval battle that the Romans ever gained . It made the way to Africa free ; but the soldiers , who had never been so far from home before , murmured , for they expected to meet not only human ...
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Página 102 - 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.
Página 92 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Página 14 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Página 438 - 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...
Página 21 - The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose...
Página 22 - But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. 'Come back, come back, Horatius!
Página 23 - 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.
Página 15 - 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.
Página 15 - 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.
Página 450 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.