Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 4Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Mrs. Lucia Isabella (Gilbert) Runkle, George Henry Warner J. A. Hill, 1902 - Literature |
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Page 1447
... French Protestants came in such numbers that the public docu- ments were sometimes issued in French as well as in Dutch and English . Troops of orphans were shipped for the milder destinies of the New World ; a free passage was offered ...
... French Protestants came in such numbers that the public docu- ments were sometimes issued in French as well as in Dutch and English . Troops of orphans were shipped for the milder destinies of the New World ; a free passage was offered ...
Page 1450
... French to - morrow ; " and , while the oars struck the river as it rippled in the silence of the night air under the flowing tide , he repeated : - " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er ...
... French to - morrow ; " and , while the oars struck the river as it rippled in the silence of the night air under the flowing tide , he repeated : - " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er ...
Page 1451
... French battalions , " of less than two thousand men , " mingled with disorderly peas- antry , " formed on commanding ground . The French had three little pieces of artillery ; the English , one or two . The two armies cannonaded each ...
... French battalions , " of less than two thousand men , " mingled with disorderly peas- antry , " formed on commanding ground . The French had three little pieces of artillery ; the English , one or two . The two armies cannonaded each ...
Page 1452
... French , " replied the officer , " give way every- where . » " What , " cried the expiring hero , " do they run already ? Go , one of you , to Colonel Burton ; bid him march Webb's regi- ment with all speed to Charles River to cut off ...
... French , " replied the officer , " give way every- where . » " What , " cried the expiring hero , " do they run already ? Go , one of you , to Colonel Burton ; bid him march Webb's regi- ment with all speed to Charles River to cut off ...
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... French officers near Lake Erie . Fame waited upon him from his youth ; and no one of his colony was so much spoken of . He conducted the first military expedition from Virginia that crossed the Allegha- nies . Braddock selected him as ...
... French officers near Lake Erie . Fame waited upon him from his youth ; and no one of his colony was so much spoken of . He conducted the first military expedition from Virginia that crossed the Allegha- nies . Braddock selected him as ...
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Page 1778 - NATURE has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 1778 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
Page 1895 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 1832 - BRIEF life is here our portion ; Brief sorrow, shortlived care ; The life that knows no ending, The tearless life, is there.
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Page 1903 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 1742 - What benefits do they that are effectually called, partake of in this life ? A. They that are effectually called, do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.
Page 1450 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.