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Side 11
... force of numbers it swallows up the conquerors and amalgamates them with itself . Far different was the course of events when the Angles and Saxons conquered Britain . No single great leader is even named ; and there were no great ...
... force of numbers it swallows up the conquerors and amalgamates them with itself . Far different was the course of events when the Angles and Saxons conquered Britain . No single great leader is even named ; and there were no great ...
Side 14
... force or fraud booty was to be obtained the Norsemen were the men to get it . The Slavonians on the other hand were apparently doomed to be always conquered either by Germans from the west , or Tartars from the east . We have spoken of ...
... force or fraud booty was to be obtained the Norsemen were the men to get it . The Slavonians on the other hand were apparently doomed to be always conquered either by Germans from the west , or Tartars from the east . We have spoken of ...
Side 28
... forces ; and always the larger and more powerful these combinations became , the more it would be to the advantage of other bodies to attach themselves to them . However indepen- dent at home , the minor chieftain would have no ...
... forces ; and always the larger and more powerful these combinations became , the more it would be to the advantage of other bodies to attach themselves to them . However indepen- dent at home , the minor chieftain would have no ...
Side 34
... , Oswy hastily collected such forces as his shattered realm could afford him , and advanced to meet the enemy . Of the battle which ensued , decisive and indeed momentous as it was , we possess but very scanty details . 34.
... , Oswy hastily collected such forces as his shattered realm could afford him , and advanced to meet the enemy . Of the battle which ensued , decisive and indeed momentous as it was , we possess but very scanty details . 34.
Side 35
... forces must have been enor- mously disproportioned in strength , is clear . Oswy had had little time for preparation , the condition of his kingdom could not have admitted of the perfect equipment of his forces , and his own authority ...
... forces must have been enor- mously disproportioned in strength , is clear . Oswy had had little time for preparation , the condition of his kingdom could not have admitted of the perfect equipment of his forces , and his own authority ...
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Populære avsnitt
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.