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Side 44
... Henry was cold and ungenial , but William had been to his father a faithful son- -he was known to possess bravery , ability and energy - alloyed as it might seem to a partial Father only by youthful recklessness and impetuosity . The ...
... Henry was cold and ungenial , but William had been to his father a faithful son- -he was known to possess bravery , ability and energy - alloyed as it might seem to a partial Father only by youthful recklessness and impetuosity . The ...
Side 45
... Henry I. , a general resemblance to the con- queror's character is still traceable , although diverging this time . to contrary extremes . Rufus had allowed bravery to run into recklessness , and self confidence to degenerate into ...
... Henry I. , a general resemblance to the con- queror's character is still traceable , although diverging this time . to contrary extremes . Rufus had allowed bravery to run into recklessness , and self confidence to degenerate into ...
Side 46
... Henry had waged with his brothers ( both determined to deprive him of his possessions ) gave a morbid bias to his nature . While William I. struggled out of a lonely , menaced youth to defy fortune successfully - his son Henry ...
... Henry had waged with his brothers ( both determined to deprive him of his possessions ) gave a morbid bias to his nature . While William I. struggled out of a lonely , menaced youth to defy fortune successfully - his son Henry ...
Side 47
... Henry II . , descended from William I. through the female line , we might expect to meet , as we did in Stephen , another abrupt divergence from the old stock . This first of the ... Henry I. and Henry II . were somewhat similar . 47.
... Henry II . , descended from William I. through the female line , we might expect to meet , as we did in Stephen , another abrupt divergence from the old stock . This first of the ... Henry I. and Henry II . were somewhat similar . 47.
Side 48
Birmingham historical society. Henry I. and Henry II . were somewhat similar . The grandson strove , by exact law to render more permanently effective the despotic routine of his ancestor . In character the two kings differed widely ; Henry ...
Birmingham historical society. Henry I. and Henry II . were somewhat similar . The grandson strove , by exact law to render more permanently effective the despotic routine of his ancestor . In character the two kings differed widely ; Henry ...
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Side 68 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Side 73 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Side 35 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 75 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Side 51 - It is strange how every body do now-a-days reflect upon Oliver, and commend him, what brave things he did, and made all the neighbour princes fear him ; while here a prince, come in with all the love and prayers and good liking of his people, who have given greater signs of loyalty and willingness to serve him with their estates than ever was done by any people, hath lost all so soon, that it is a miracle what...
Side 80 - The officers and men will remember what their country expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, inured to war, is capable of doing against five weak French battalions, mingled with a disorderly peasantry.
Side 65 - While we were talking came by several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle. They go like lambs, without any resistance. I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched...
Side 80 - Christian civilization, but by the license of a time when " every " man did what was right in his own eyes," — and when the maxim of them of old time still prevailed over every other consideration, — " Thou shalt love u thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.