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... peace which followed the late Russian war , i . e . to the opening of the year 1856 . The work has been reprinted in a new form and in a new type ; the whole body of the text has , also , been subjected to a careful revision throughout ...
... peace which followed the late Russian war , i . e . to the opening of the year 1856 . The work has been reprinted in a new form and in a new type ; the whole body of the text has , also , been subjected to a careful revision throughout ...
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... peace . Each order , it appears , carried a wand or staff , and had what was called a Druid's egg hung about their necks enclosed in gold ; they also wore the hair of their heads short and their beards long ; while the common people ...
... peace . Each order , it appears , carried a wand or staff , and had what was called a Druid's egg hung about their necks enclosed in gold ; they also wore the hair of their heads short and their beards long ; while the common people ...
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... peace . They offered hostages and an entire submission to Cæsar , at the same time liberating Cominus ; and the conqueror , after reproaching them for sending ambassadors into Gaul to sue for peace , and then making war upon him without ...
... peace . They offered hostages and an entire submission to Cæsar , at the same time liberating Cominus ; and the conqueror , after reproaching them for sending ambassadors into Gaul to sue for peace , and then making war upon him without ...
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... peace , which was granted by Cæsar on such easy terms that we may imagine he was rather tired of the war , though he says himself that he wished to return to Gaul in order to quell the insurrections that had taken place in that country ...
... peace , which was granted by Cæsar on such easy terms that we may imagine he was rather tired of the war , though he says himself that he wished to return to Gaul in order to quell the insurrections that had taken place in that country ...
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... peace with the Caledo- nians , formally ceding to them the debatable ground between the Solway and Tyne , and the Friths of Clyde and Forth ; after which he returned to Rome . Few particulars have been preserved in history concerning ...
... peace with the Caledo- nians , formally ceding to them the debatable ground between the Solway and Tyne , and the Friths of Clyde and Forth ; after which he returned to Rome . Few particulars have been preserved in history concerning ...
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Seite 260 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame, if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that, comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched...
Seite 302 - A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Seite 462 - He is gone who seemed so great — Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in state, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him.
Seite 342 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Seite 449 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again — the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe.
Seite 270 - Tower, and often said that no man but his father would keep such a bird in such a cage.
Seite 322 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Seite 331 - Venus her myrtle, Phoebus has his bays; Tea both excels, which she vouchsafes to praise. The best of queens, and best of herbs, we owe To that bold nation, which the way did show To the fair region where the sun does...
Seite 6 - A Woman sitting down, takes a handful of Corn, holding it by the Stalks in her left hand, and then sets fire to the Ears, which are presently in a flame ; she has a Stick in her right hand, which she manages very dexterously, beating off the Grain at the very Instant, when the Husk is quite burnt, for if she miss of that, she must use the Kiln ; but Experience has taught them this Art to perfection. The Corn may be so dressed, winowed, ground, and baked within an Hour after reaping from the Ground.
Seite 253 - Henry the Eighth, by the grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in earth the supreme head...