The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8Abraham Small and M. Carey, 1816 - Byzantine Empire |
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... head of seventy horse . " When their " eyes fell upon me , " says Timour , " they were over- " whelmed with joy ; and they alighted from their " horses ; and they came and kneeled ; and they kissed 66 my stirrup . I also came down from ...
... head of seventy horse . " When their " eyes fell upon me , " says Timour , " they were over- " whelmed with joy ; and they alighted from their " horses ; and they came and kneeled ; and they kissed 66 my stirrup . I also came down from ...
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... head . Without expatiating on the victories of thirty- five campaigns ; without describing the lines of march , which he repeatedly traced over the continent of Asia ; I shall briefly represent his conquests in , I. Persia , II ...
... head . Without expatiating on the victories of thirty- five campaigns ; without describing the lines of march , which he repeatedly traced over the continent of Asia ; I shall briefly represent his conquests in , I. Persia , II ...
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... head of Mansour was thrown at his feet , and he declared his esteem of the valour of a foe , by extirpating all the males of so intrepid a race . From Shiraz , his troops advanced to the Persian gulf ; and the richness and weakness of ...
... head of Mansour was thrown at his feet , and he declared his esteem of the valour of a foe , by extirpating all the males of so intrepid a race . From Shiraz , his troops advanced to the Persian gulf ; and the richness and weakness of ...
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... head of ninety thousand horse : with the innumerable for- ces of Kipzak , Bulgaria , Circassia , and Russia , he pass- ed the Sihoon , burnt the palaces of Timour , and com- pelled him , amidst the winter snows , to contend for Sa ...
... head of ninety thousand horse : with the innumerable for- ces of Kipzak , Bulgaria , Circassia , and Russia , he pass- ed the Sihoon , burnt the palaces of Timour , and com- pelled him , amidst the winter snows , to contend for Sa ...
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... head . Thou art no " more than a pismire ; why wilt thou seek to provoke the elephants ? Alas , they will trample thee under " their feet . " In his replies , Bajazet poured forth the indignation of a soul which was deeply stung by such ...
... head . Thou art no " more than a pismire ; why wilt thou seek to provoke the elephants ? Alas , they will trample thee under " their feet . " In his replies , Bajazet poured forth the indignation of a soul which was deeply stung by such ...
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Page 112 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the Lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 51 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Page 104 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :
Page 35 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 112 - I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 5 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Page 27 - In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.
Page 6 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 14 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 88 - The Latin, though then less celebrated, and confined to more narrow limits, has, in some measure, outlived the Greek, and is now more generally understood by men of letters. Let the French, therefore, triumph in the present diffusion of their tongue. Our solid and increasing establishments in America, where we need less dread the inundation of barbarians, promise a superior stability and duration to the English language.