A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All LandsColumbian Publishing Company, 1891 - 298 sidor |
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Sida 18
... arm , and asking , — 66 " Tell me , thou daughter of a blind old man , Antigone , to what land are we come , Or to what city ? Who the inhabitants Who with a slender pittance will relieve Even for a day the wandering Edipus . " POTTER ...
... arm , and asking , — 66 " Tell me , thou daughter of a blind old man , Antigone , to what land are we come , Or to what city ? Who the inhabitants Who with a slender pittance will relieve Even for a day the wandering Edipus . " POTTER ...
Sida 25
... arms ! to arms ! Sir Consul , Lars Porsena is here . ' On the low hills to westward The Consul fixed his eye , And saw the swarthy storm of dust Rise fast along the sky . ' But the Consul's brow was sad , And the Consul's speech was low ...
... arms ! to arms ! Sir Consul , Lars Porsena is here . ' On the low hills to westward The Consul fixed his eye , And saw the swarthy storm of dust Rise fast along the sky . ' But the Consul's brow was sad , And the Consul's speech was low ...
Sida 27
... arms , Take thou in charge this day . ' " And with this brief prayer he leapt into the foaming stream . Polybius was told that he was there drowned ; but Livy gives the version which the ballad follows : - " But fiercely ran the current ...
... arms , Take thou in charge this day . ' " And with this brief prayer he leapt into the foaming stream . Polybius was told that he was there drowned ; but Livy gives the version which the ballad follows : - " But fiercely ran the current ...
Sida 30
... arm . It was true , that so tall and powerful a man , sheathed in armor and on horseback , had a great advantage against the wild High- landers , who only wore a shirt and a plaid , with a round target upon the arm ; but they were lithe ...
... arm . It was true , that so tall and powerful a man , sheathed in armor and on horseback , had a great advantage against the wild High- landers , who only wore a shirt and a plaid , with a round target upon the arm ; but they were lithe ...
Sida 37
... arm of Leonidas set up upon a cross ; but he took care that all his own slain , except 1,000 , should first be put out of sight . The body of the brave king was buried where he fell , as were those of the other dead . Much envied were ...
... arm of Leonidas set up upon a cross ; but he took care that all his own slain , except 1,000 , should first be put out of sight . The body of the brave king was buried where he fell , as were those of the other dead . Much envied were ...
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A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1866 |
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Sida 295 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Sida 27 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream: And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Sida 150 - I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.
Sida 25 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Sida 60 - And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me.
Sida 105 - As hope and joy ne'er knew. Oh ! lovely are ye, Love and Faith, Enduring to the last ! She had her meed — one smile in death — And his worn spirit passed ! While even as o'er a martyr's grave She knelt on that sad spot, And, weeping, blessed the God who gave Strength to forsake it not I IMELDA.
Sida 37 - The slain were buried where they fell; and in their honour, nor less in honour of those who died before Leonidas sent the allies away, an inscription was set up, which said : Here did four thousand men from Pelops" land Against three hundred myriads bravely stand.
Sida 25 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Sida 78 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Sida 37 - This was for the Lacedaemonians. The seer had the following: The great Megistias' tomb you here may view, Whom slew the Medes, fresh from Spercheius' fords. Well the wise seer the coming death foreknew, Yet scorned he to forsake his Spartan lords.