The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: The history of the worldAt the University Press, 1829 - English literature |
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... thought it good policy to apparel a thousand and two hundred of their own men in English cassocks , hoping that the very sight of the English red cross would be enough to terrify the French . But I will not stand to borrow of the French ...
... thought it good policy to apparel a thousand and two hundred of their own men in English cassocks , hoping that the very sight of the English red cross would be enough to terrify the French . But I will not stand to borrow of the French ...
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... thought the stiff mettle of his Roman soldier a sufficient remedy . Therefore he re- solved to issue out into the field , and to let the enemies know , that his coming was to send them away from the town , not to be besieged by them ...
... thought the stiff mettle of his Roman soldier a sufficient remedy . Therefore he re- solved to issue out into the field , and to let the enemies know , that his coming was to send them away from the town , not to be besieged by them ...
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... thought it rather to be living than counterfeit . Now Minos , hearing that Cocalus had entertained Dæda- lus , prepares to invade the territory of Cocalus ; but when he was arrived , Cocalus , doubting his own strength , pro- miseth to ...
... thought it rather to be living than counterfeit . Now Minos , hearing that Cocalus had entertained Dæda- lus , prepares to invade the territory of Cocalus ; but when he was arrived , Cocalus , doubting his own strength , pro- miseth to ...
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... thought fabulous , being delivered only by poets , gave information to the Athenians of this his disco- very , and proposed unto them the benefit of this easy con- quest , offering to become their guide . But Theocles was as little ...
... thought fabulous , being delivered only by poets , gave information to the Athenians of this his disco- very , and proposed unto them the benefit of this easy con- quest , offering to become their guide . But Theocles was as little ...
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... thought that they had done enough for the present . Which humour in some of our commanders at Cadiz lost us both the Indian fleet and the spoils of many other neighbour places . Hermocrates the Syracusian , finding it a lost labour to ...
... thought that they had done enough for the present . Which humour in some of our commanders at Cadiz lost us both the Indian fleet and the spoils of many other neighbour places . Hermocrates the Syracusian , finding it a lost labour to ...
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Achæans Achaia adventure Æmilius Ætolians Afric afterwards Agathocles ambassadors Amilcar Antigonus Aratus arms army Asdrubal Athenians battle beaten besieged better Boii camp Campans Cannæ captains Capua Carthage Carthaginians cause Celtiberians citizens Cleomenes commanded consul danger defend Demetrius desire enemy Fabius fear fell fight fleet forces friends galleys garrison Gauls gave gotten Greece Hannibal Hanno haste hath Hereupon honour hope hundred Iberus Illyrians Italy king Lacedæmonians land legions less Lilybæum Livy Macedon Macedonian Mago Mamertines Marcellus Masinissa Matho mercenaries Messana Numidians overthrow pass peace Polybius pretor prince prisoners quinqueremes ready rest Rome Saguntines Saguntum saith Scipio senate sent serve shewed Sicily side siege slain soldiers Spain Spaniards Spendius spoil stood succour Syphax Syracuse Syracusians taken thaginians thence thereby thither thought thousand foot thousand horse took town unto the Romans vanquished victory Wherefore wherein whereof whilst
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Page 152 - And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Page 143 - Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 142 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 80 - The Spaniards had an army aboard them, and he had none; they had more ships than he had, and of higher building and charging; so that, had he entangled himself with those great and powerful vessels, he had greatly endangered...
Page 99 - Folkestone, that is somewhat equally distant from them both; as also that two of these troops (unless some other order be thought more fit) be directed to strengthen the third, when they shall see the enemy's fleet to...
Page 7 - If any man impute these victories of ours to the longbow, as carrying further, piercing more strongly, and quicker of discharge than the French crossbow, my answer is ready — that in all these respects it is also (being drawn with a strong arm) superior to the musket, yet is the musket a weapon of more use. The gun and the crossbow are of like force when discharged by a boy or woman as when by a strong man. Weakness or sickness, or a sore finger makes the longbow unserviceable. More particularly,...
Page 209 - And yet did that worthy gentleman count Lodowick of Nassau, brother to the late famous prince of Orange, make the retreat at Moncontour with so great resolution, as he saved the one half of the protestant army, then broken and disbanded, of which myself was an eyewitness; and was one of them that had cause to thank him for it.
Page 439 - Africans, by whom he was so sharply entertained that the victory seemed very doubtful. The Africans and Spaniards were stout soldiers, and well acquainted with the manner of the Roman fight. The Ligurians, also, were a hardy nation, and not accustomed to give ground, which they needed the less, or were able now to do, being placed in the midst. Livius, therefore, and Porcius found great opposition ; and with great slaughter on both sides prevailed little or nothing.
Page 112 - I cannot forbear to commend the patient virtue of the Spaniards. We seldom or never find that any nation hath endured so many misadventures and miseries as the Spaniards have done in their Indian discoveries; yet persisting in their enterprises with invincible constancy, they have annexed to their kingdom so many goodly provinces as bury the remembrance of all dangers past.
Page 100 - Again, when those troops lodged on the sea-shores shall be forced to run from place to place in vain, after a fleet of ships, they will at length sit down in the midway and leave all at adventure. But say it were otherwise, that the invading enemy will offer to land in some such place where there shall be an army of ours ready to receive him ; yet it cannot be doubted but that when the choice of all our trained bands, and the choice of our commanders and captains, shall be drawn together (as they...