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... close of the historian's life , and when ample materials for judgment were beside him . But surely no man can be regarded as a great chief whose tactics alien- ate his party and the people ; and at the time when Gibbon wrote , the ...
... close of the historian's life , and when ample materials for judgment were beside him . But surely no man can be regarded as a great chief whose tactics alien- ate his party and the people ; and at the time when Gibbon wrote , the ...
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... close - cold , simple , incorruptible , wanting in the finer lights and subtler perceptions of the affections , but fascinating by its grand , imposing , and sombre masses . The last scene -the dead minister lying alone and unre- garded ...
... close - cold , simple , incorruptible , wanting in the finer lights and subtler perceptions of the affections , but fascinating by its grand , imposing , and sombre masses . The last scene -the dead minister lying alone and unre- garded ...
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... minister ; but he was forced to become that , at the close of the coalition contest , Pitt the minister of war . " Forced , " we say , 66 the aggressive shape an Englishman's moral protest generally takes 8 PITT AND CANNING .
... minister ; but he was forced to become that , at the close of the coalition contest , Pitt the minister of war . " Forced , " we say , 66 the aggressive shape an Englishman's moral protest generally takes 8 PITT AND CANNING .
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... close of that year the Portland adminis- tration was formed , in which , for the first time , Canning occupied the post of Foreign Secretary . The times were times of peril and disaster . Napoleon was at the climax of his power . The ...
... close of that year the Portland adminis- tration was formed , in which , for the first time , Canning occupied the post of Foreign Secretary . The times were times of peril and disaster . Napoleon was at the climax of his power . The ...
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... close of his observations before the Acad- plication of this composition to the dressing of emy , too much publicity cannot be given to so sores or wounds requires a particular prepara- valuable a discovery , as well as the disinterest ...
... close of his observations before the Acad- plication of this composition to the dressing of emy , too much publicity cannot be given to so sores or wounds requires a particular prepara- valuable a discovery , as well as the disinterest ...
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Page 274 - The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company.
Page 271 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 270 - Curse ye Meroz,' said the angel of the Lord, 'Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; Because they came not to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 270 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Page 272 - For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Page 277 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 2 - It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.
Page 272 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 211 - The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Page 270 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.