A key to dr. [J.M.] M'Cullch's course of reading, containing sketches of the authors, and heathen deities, mentioned in the volume1861 |
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... head and a proboscis , fast asleep . His head combined the likenesses of the elephant and the wild bull . His teeth grew out as the tusks of a boar , and all over his monstrous carcase hung shaggy hairs , like those of the bear . His ...
... head and a proboscis , fast asleep . His head combined the likenesses of the elephant and the wild bull . His teeth grew out as the tusks of a boar , and all over his monstrous carcase hung shaggy hairs , like those of the bear . His ...
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... head of the combined force of Greece , Alexander , in his twen- tieth year , succeeded to the Macedonian throne , and the command of the Greeks . He immediately entered into all his father's warlike schemes . After , next year , sub ...
... head of the combined force of Greece , Alexander , in his twen- tieth year , succeeded to the Macedonian throne , and the command of the Greeks . He immediately entered into all his father's warlike schemes . After , next year , sub ...
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... heads or chiefs of which are called sheikhs . Several of these petty sheikhs are again united under a superior called sheikh - al - kebir . They mainly subsist upon cattle and plunder , being notorious for their rob- beries of ...
... heads or chiefs of which are called sheikhs . Several of these petty sheikhs are again united under a superior called sheikh - al - kebir . They mainly subsist upon cattle and plunder , being notorious for their rob- beries of ...
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... head , he indignantly exclaimed , " How could they allow these scoundrels to enter ! They ought to have blown the first five hundred of them into the air with cannon ; the rest would then have taken to their heels . " Had this course ...
... head , he indignantly exclaimed , " How could they allow these scoundrels to enter ! They ought to have blown the first five hundred of them into the air with cannon ; the rest would then have taken to their heels . " Had this course ...
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... head of an army he had ordered to assemble there , led it across the great St. Bernard , one of the Alps 8,167 feet high , and arrived at Milan , 2nd June , before the Austrian General was aware that he had left Paris . The news of his ...
... head of an army he had ordered to assemble there , led it across the great St. Bernard , one of the Alps 8,167 feet high , and arrived at Milan , 2nd June , before the Austrian General was aware that he had left Paris . The news of his ...
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Σελίδα 375 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Σελίδα 216 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Σελίδα 216 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Σελίδα 292 - The first time I ever took notice of him was in the very beginning of the Parliament held in November, 1640, when I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman — for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes ! I came into the House one morning...
Σελίδα 88 - my good Josephine, you know how I have loved you; it is to you alone that I owe the few moments of happiness I have known in the world. Josephine, my destiny is more powerful than my will; my dearest affections must yield to the interests of France.
Σελίδα 293 - House one morning well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hatband. His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swoln and reddish : his voice sharp and...
Σελίδα 293 - I came one morning into the house well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side...
Σελίδα 248 - Lordships' secret order, I have acceded to the proposal, and he is to embark on board this ship to-morrow morning. That no misunderstanding might arise, I have explicitly and clearly explained to...
Σελίδα 248 - Youa ROYAL HIGHNESS, " A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity 'of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people.
Σελίδα 246 - have you forgotten what we have done for him ? have you forgotten that the bones of our children, of our brothers, everywhere attest our fidelity: in the sands of Africa, on the shores of the Guadalquiver, and the Tagus, on the banks of the Vistula, and in the frozen deserts of Muscovy?