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... ruins of our cities ; and the savage shall return from the mountains , and again rear his hut in the abode of his forefathers . Then shall commence the millenium of political illumination ; and Frenchmen and wolves , “ one and ...
... ruins of our cities ; and the savage shall return from the mountains , and again rear his hut in the abode of his forefathers . Then shall commence the millenium of political illumination ; and Frenchmen and wolves , “ one and ...
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... ruins of desolated countries . Where is her splendor , her wealth , her power , her glory ? Extinguished for ever . Her moldering temples , the mournful vestiges of her former grandeur , afford a shelter to her muttering monks . Where ...
... ruins of desolated countries . Where is her splendor , her wealth , her power , her glory ? Extinguished for ever . Her moldering temples , the mournful vestiges of her former grandeur , afford a shelter to her muttering monks . Where ...
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... ruins . " Then peace on earth shall hold her easy sway , And man forget his brother man to slay . To martial arts , shall milder arts succeed ; Who blesses most , shall gain th ' immortal meed . The eye of pity shall be pained no more ...
... ruins . " Then peace on earth shall hold her easy sway , And man forget his brother man to slay . To martial arts , shall milder arts succeed ; Who blesses most , shall gain th ' immortal meed . The eye of pity shall be pained no more ...
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... ruins of empires , and appointed the officers of his household to fill them ; whose armies were his custom- house officers , who drew his cordons around the nations which he conquered , was utterly unable to put down the great princi ...
... ruins of empires , and appointed the officers of his household to fill them ; whose armies were his custom- house officers , who drew his cordons around the nations which he conquered , was utterly unable to put down the great princi ...
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... ruins of Carthage , in the spirit of a gloomy seer , ap plied to Rome herself the prophecy of Agamemnon , " The day ... ruin swallow all . " In vain had Pyrrhus exclaimed , as for all the warrior gamblers of antiquity , " One such ...
... ruins of Carthage , in the spirit of a gloomy seer , ap plied to Rome herself the prophecy of Agamemnon , " The day ... ruin swallow all . " In vain had Pyrrhus exclaimed , as for all the warrior gamblers of antiquity , " One such ...
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Page 175 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 240 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together: yours is as fair a name: Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well. Weigh them, it is as heavy: conjure with 'em, 'Brutus' will start a spirit as soon as 'Caesar'.
Page 219 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.
Page 16 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 263 - The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed ; For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 176 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 178 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 180 - Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Page 175 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 270 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain. Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high. How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods!