The Great Events by Famous Historians: A.D. 13-409National Alumni, 1905 - 440 sider |
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... body . In the grip of a tyrant , it sank at once to its true aspect of helpless and obsequious submission . 66 THE ROMAN PEACE " To the outside world the reign of the emperors was welcome . The provinces were governed by salaried ...
... body . In the grip of a tyrant , it sank at once to its true aspect of helpless and obsequious submission . 66 THE ROMAN PEACE " To the outside world the reign of the emperors was welcome . The provinces were governed by salaried ...
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... body met - foot , horse , and fleet . The Chau . cians , upon offering their assistance , were taken into the ser- vice ; but the Bructerians , setting fire to their effects and dwell- ings , were routed by Lucius Stertinius ...
... body met - foot , horse , and fleet . The Chau . cians , upon offering their assistance , were taken into the ser- vice ; but the Bructerians , setting fire to their effects and dwell- ings , were routed by Lucius Stertinius ...
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... body of troops that fled , had augmented the consternation , and were now being pushed into the morass - a place ... bodies were encum- bered with their coats of mail , nor could they hurl their jave- lins in the midst of water . The ...
... body of troops that fled , had augmented the consternation , and were now being pushed into the morass - a place ... bodies were encum- bered with their coats of mail , nor could they hurl their jave- lins in the midst of water . The ...
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... body , broke through the mass , and chiefly against the horse directed his weapons . Floundering in their own blood and the slippery soil of the marsh , they threw their riders , overturned all they met , and trampled on those that were ...
... body , broke through the mass , and chiefly against the horse directed his weapons . Floundering in their own blood and the slippery soil of the marsh , they threw their riders , overturned all they met , and trampled on those that were ...
Side 11
... body of Germans on full march to invade Gaul ; so that , under the terror of this news , there were those whose coward- ice would have emboldened them to demolish the bridge upon the Rhine , had not Agrippina forbidden the infamous ...
... body of Germans on full march to invade Gaul ; so that , under the terror of this news , there were those whose coward- ice would have emboldened them to demolish the bridge upon the Rhine , had not Agrippina forbidden the infamous ...
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Side 241 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.
Side 145 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Side 210 - He had already sent his baggage on board ; for though he was not at that time...
Side 211 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Side 37 - Lord gave the word; great was the company of those that published it. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace; and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Side 208 - I am well assured will be rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which, as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins, and destroyed so many populous cities, seems to promise him an everlasting remembrance ; notwithstanding he has himself composed many and lasting works ; yet I am persuaded the mentioning of him in your immortal writings will greatly contribute to eternize his name.
Side 212 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid ; the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open...
Side 28 - Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.
Side 212 - Being got at a convenient distance from the houses, we stood still, in the midst of a most dangerous and dreadful scene. The chariots which we had ordered to be drawn out, were so agitated backwards and forwards, though upon the most level ground, that we could not keep them steady, even by supporting ' them with large stones. The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth...
Side 244 - For I trust that ye are well exercised in the Holy Scriptures, and that nothing is hid from you: but at present it is not granted unto me to practise that which is written, Be angry and sin not ; and again, Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.