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... wall . Their ladder was made fast a second time ; but in the middle of the ascent , they were met by an unforeseen difficulty . One of their companions was seized with some sudden fit , and clung , seemingly without life , to the ladder ...
... wall . Their ladder was made fast a second time ; but in the middle of the ascent , they were met by an unforeseen difficulty . One of their companions was seized with some sudden fit , and clung , seemingly without life , to the ladder ...
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... walls . It was piled up with earth and rubbish , wood and stones , and was guarded on either side by a strong lattice - work of forest timber , the growth of Citharon . As the mound rose , the besieged devised various expedients for ...
... walls . It was piled up with earth and rubbish , wood and stones , and was guarded on either side by a strong lattice - work of forest timber , the growth of Citharon . As the mound rose , the besieged devised various expedients for ...
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... wall , which was the chord of the arc . Thus in the worst emergency they secured themselves a retreat , from which ... walls . But the spirit and ingenuity of the besieged had generally baffled these assaults , though one had given an ...
... wall , which was the chord of the arc . Thus in the worst emergency they secured themselves a retreat , from which ... walls . But the spirit and ingenuity of the besieged had generally baffled these assaults , though one had given an ...
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... walls . But no one knew what had happened , and the general confusion was increased by the sally of the besieged ... wall ; but the strength of its compacted masonry still defied the battering rams . He undermined the gates ; his engines ...
... walls . But no one knew what had happened , and the general confusion was increased by the sally of the besieged ... wall ; but the strength of its compacted masonry still defied the battering rams . He undermined the gates ; his engines ...
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... walls would last till the winter , when a besieging army would be driven from the field . The herald was told scornfully that he might take his proclamation to those from whom it came ; the soldiers of Duren know no reading ; he ...
... walls would last till the winter , when a besieging army would be driven from the field . The herald was told scornfully that he might take his proclamation to those from whom it came ; the soldiers of Duren know no reading ; he ...
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Page 195 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent, to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 168 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those...
Page 324 - ... if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way as it might happen; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now as a giant doth run his unwearied course, should as it were through a languishing faintness begin to stand and to rest himself...
Page 203 - No! the charges against me are all of one kind, that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far; further than a cautious policy would warrant; and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. — In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress — I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Page 167 - Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival, who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation against the creditors of the Nabob of Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 70 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity: men started at the intelligence, and turned pale ; as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. An object of our admiration and affection, of our pride and of our hopes, was suddenly taken from us; and it seemed as if we had never, till then, known how deeply we loved and reverenced him.
Page 349 - I often heard in dreams — a music of preparation and of awakening suspense ; a music like the opening of the Coronation Anthem, and which, like that, gave the feeling of a vast march, of infinite cavalcades filing off, and the tread of innumerable armies.
Page 272 - A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.
Page 334 - Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that, of course, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour.
Page 303 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a Master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.