 | 1819 - 792 sidor
...perpetrators of devastation and carnage, we have the consolation of foreseeing its end. The Casars and Attilas were as mortal as the millions who expired...war immediately on the souls of men, the power of delusion and depravity, has continued to live and destroy while all these renowned exterminators have... | |
 | 1819 - 792 sidor
...perpetrators of devastation and carnage, we have the consolation of foreseeing its end. The Cicsjirs and Attilas were as mortal as the millions who expired...war immediately on the souls of men, the power of delusion and depravity, has continued to live and destroy while all these renowned exterminators have... | |
 | John Foster - 1821 - 584 sidor
...the language of the Historian, kindling jnto poetry, relates that " he pitched his last camp at 412 Otrar, where he was expected by the Angel of Death."*...while all these renowned exterminators have yielded to the decree that sent them after their victims. It is perpetually invigorated by the very destruction... | |
 | John Foster - 1834 - 550 sidor
...mankind; that invasion of which, indeed, all these horrors are themselves but a few of the exterior signs and results. And yet creatures assailed and in danger...while all these renowned exterminators have yielded to the decree that sent them after their victims. It is perpetually invigorated by the very destruction... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1851 - 232 sidor
...instruments of the divine wrath, such as Attila, Zingis Khan, or Timour. We behold a wide-spreading terror preceding, to be soon followed by the realization...depravity and delusion combined, has continued to live or de* Gibbon. 4 stroy while all these renowned exterminators have yielded to the decree that sent... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1854 - 316 sidor
...on horseback, passed the Sihun" (or Jaxartes), " on the ice, marched 300 miles from his capital, and pitched his last camp at Otrar ; where he was expected by the angel of death. Fatigue and the indiscreet use of iced water accelerated the progress of his fever ; and the conqueror... | |
 | James Ansley Hingeston - 1863 - 442 sidor
...mounted on horseback, passed the Sahun (laxartes) on the ice, marched 300 miles from his capital, and pitched his last camp at Otrar, where he was expected by the angel of death. Fatigue and the indiscreet use of iced water accelerated the progress of the fever, and the conqueror... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1872 - 474 sidor
...on horseback, passed the Sihun" (or Jaxartes) "on the ice, marched 300 miles from his capital, and pitched his last camp at Otrar, where he was expected by the angel of death. Fatigue and the indiscreet use of iced water accelerated the progress of his fever ; and the conqueror... | |
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When following in thought those perpetrators of devastation and carnage, we have the consolation of foreseeing its end. The Caesars and Attilas were as mortal as the millions who expired to give them fame. Of Timour, the language of the Historian, kindling... 