The Warrior's Looking Glass: Wherein is Shewn from Many High Authorities, the Trivial Causes, Cruel Nature, Direful Effects and Anti-Christian Spirit and Practice of War |
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... heart , r . reviving art . p .. 158 1.9 for , large and round , r . large and round . p . 160 ad l . from the bottom ; for , a fcabbard of steel : r . a fcabbard for feel . p . 167 1. 21 for , prompted by the foe ; r . by thy foe . p ...
... heart , r . reviving art . p .. 158 1.9 for , large and round , r . large and round . p . 160 ad l . from the bottom ; for , a fcabbard of steel : r . a fcabbard for feel . p . 167 1. 21 for , prompted by the foe ; r . by thy foe . p ...
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... heart to God , for blessing his weapons with the death of his bro- ther ; and then you have a picture in little , of ... hearts , hands , voices of a whole nation , that the devil is then quite driven out of them , loses all his right ...
... heart to God , for blessing his weapons with the death of his bro- ther ; and then you have a picture in little , of ... hearts , hands , voices of a whole nation , that the devil is then quite driven out of them , loses all his right ...
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... hearts and voices in this pious prayer , “ O bles- " sed Jesus , dear redeeming Lamb of God , who " camest down from heaven , to save men's lives , " and not to destroy them , go along we humbly pray thee , with our bomb vessels and ...
... hearts and voices in this pious prayer , “ O bles- " sed Jesus , dear redeeming Lamb of God , who " camest down from heaven , to save men's lives , " and not to destroy them , go along we humbly pray thee , with our bomb vessels and ...
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... hearts , and they endeavour to establish it in that of others by prayer , by pacific counsels , and by all the methods in their power . ence , and the salvation of his soul , will n Treatise on Peace of Soul , REV . VICESSIMUS KNOX ...
... hearts , and they endeavour to establish it in that of others by prayer , by pacific counsels , and by all the methods in their power . ence , and the salvation of his soul , will n Treatise on Peace of Soul , REV . VICESSIMUS KNOX ...
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... heart , a mourning much more fincere than on the death of one of thofe princes whofe accurfed ambition is often the fole canfe of war . Indeed , that a whole people should tamely submit to the evils of war , because it is the will of a ...
... heart , a mourning much more fincere than on the death of one of thofe princes whofe accurfed ambition is often the fole canfe of war . Indeed , that a whole people should tamely submit to the evils of war , because it is the will of a ...
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Page 113 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 82 - Sometimes one prince quarrels with another, for fear the other should quarrel with him. Sometimes a war is entered upon because the enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our neighbours want the things which we have, or have the things which we want, and we both fight till they take ours, or give us theirs.
Page 151 - Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own...
Page 130 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 149 - twas a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled Nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 130 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it :— therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 141 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 82 - ... and reduce them from their barbarous way of living. It is a very kingly, honourable, and frequent practice, when one prince desires the assistance of another, to secure him against an invasion, that the assistant, when he hath driven out the invader, should seize on the dominions himself, and kill, imprison or banish the prince he came to relieve.
Page 150 - ... shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun: But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Page 149 - twas all about,' Young Peterkin, he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; 'Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.