Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceMozley, 1808 |
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Σελίδα iii
... noble emu- lation to rival them , is the intent of the present publi- cation : how useful such a work must be , I need not to say ; and the pleasure it will afford must be equal to its utility . It is keeping the best company , and ...
... noble emu- lation to rival them , is the intent of the present publi- cation : how useful such a work must be , I need not to say ; and the pleasure it will afford must be equal to its utility . It is keeping the best company , and ...
Σελίδα iv
... noble and extended views of the energy of virtue and the limits of human actions , awaken an early sens bility of whatever is most amiable and heroic in life , and kindle in their breasts a generous ambition to imi- tate those virtues ...
... noble and extended views of the energy of virtue and the limits of human actions , awaken an early sens bility of whatever is most amiable and heroic in life , and kindle in their breasts a generous ambition to imi- tate those virtues ...
Σελίδα viii
... noble contention of two brothers which should die to save the other's life The three sons of the king of Cucho Titus the Roman emperor Darius king of Persia 31 32 35 36 37 AMBITION . SENTIMENTS .. EXAMPLES . Page IN Tullia , viii CONTENTS .
... noble contention of two brothers which should die to save the other's life The three sons of the king of Cucho Titus the Roman emperor Darius king of Persia 31 32 35 36 37 AMBITION . SENTIMENTS .. EXAMPLES . Page IN Tullia , viii CONTENTS .
Σελίδα x
... noble speech of Nicolaus 86 ............. COMPASSION . SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN the daughter of Damophilus Vespasian .. Alexander the Great Blanche of Castile , queen regent of France The Czarina A short history of her advancement 87 ...
... noble speech of Nicolaus 86 ............. COMPASSION . SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN the daughter of Damophilus Vespasian .. Alexander the Great Blanche of Castile , queen regent of France The Czarina A short history of her advancement 87 ...
Σελίδα 16
... noble and magnificent in respect to expenses of honour and duty ; in consequence of which , he spared nothing to procure them an education worthy of their birth . Gram- marians , rhetoricians , philosophers , sculptors , painters ...
... noble and magnificent in respect to expenses of honour and duty ; in consequence of which , he spared nothing to procure them an education worthy of their birth . Gram- marians , rhetoricians , philosophers , sculptors , painters ...
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
admiration affection Agesistrata Alexander ambition Antigonus army Artabazanes Astyages beauty body brother Brutus Carthaginians Cassander Clitus command conduct consul courage court cried Croesus crown cruel cruelty Cyrus Damophilus Darius daughter death desired endeavoured enemy Epaminondas esteem example Falisci father favour force fortune friendship Gauls gave give glory gods Greece hands happy hath heart HIST honour human hundred husband Julius Cæsar king king's kingdom lady laws Leonidas liberty lives lord Lysimachus Macedon manner master ment mind mother nature never noble obliged occasion officers parents passion Persians person Phocion pleasure PLUT Plutarch Polybius present prince prisoners punishment queen regard Roman Rome says Scipio senate sent SENTIMENTS slaves soldiers Solon soon suffer Tarquinii tears tenderness ther thing thou thought thousand Thrasybulus throne tion took troops tyrant victory virtue whole wife word XENOPH Xerxes young youth
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Σελίδα 183 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
Σελίδα 14 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Σελίδα 56 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Σελίδα 188 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Σελίδα 240 - Pale, cold, and half speechless in the arms of his Damon, Pythias replied in broken accents, " Fatal haste ! — Cruel impatience! — What envious powers have wrought impossibilities in your favour? But I will not be wholly disappointed. Since I cannot die to save, I will not survive you.
Σελίδα 227 - They were accompanied by three hundred and sixty five youths, agreeable to the number of days in a year, clothed in purple robes. Afterwards came a chariot consecrated to Jupiter/ drawn by white horses, and followed by a courser of a prodigious size, to whom they gave the name of the sun's horse ; and the equerries were dressed in white, each...
Σελίδα 152 - ... assured the pope that all was transacted by the express will and command of the king, it was immediately decreed that the pope should march with his cardinals to the church of St. Mark, and in the most solemn manner give thanks to God for so great a blessing conferred on the See of Rome, and the Christian world...
Σελίδα 275 - Then accosting the Spaniard, he said, " Christian, the person you have killed is my son : his body is now in my house. You ought to suffer ; but you have eaten with me, and I have given you my faith, which must not be broken.
Σελίδα 273 - Good unexpected, evils unforeseen, Appear by turns, as fortune shifts the scene: Some, rais'd aloft, come tumbling down amain; Then fall so hard, they bound and rise again.
Σελίδα 238 - This the tyrant intended peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the conditions, and did not wait for an application upon the part of Damon : he instantly offered himself as security for his friend; which being accepted, Damon was immediately set at liberty.