France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery, antiquities, &c. Drawing by T. Allom, Volumul 1;Volumul 265 |
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Pagina 2
... army . In this constitution the people , or the soldiery , exercised a certain species of corrective control , if there be any truth in the apology of Ambiorix to Cæsar , for a treacherous attack upon the consul's camp which his ...
... army . In this constitution the people , or the soldiery , exercised a certain species of corrective control , if there be any truth in the apology of Ambiorix to Cæsar , for a treacherous attack upon the consul's camp which his ...
Pagina 3
... army . When , however , they saw treachery within the citadel , and the matchless multitudes without , they yielded at length to the fortunes of Cæsar and of ambitious Rome . Gaul , now degraded into a Roman province , was partially ...
... army . When , however , they saw treachery within the citadel , and the matchless multitudes without , they yielded at length to the fortunes of Cæsar and of ambitious Rome . Gaul , now degraded into a Roman province , was partially ...
Pagina 6
... army into Gaul , took Anjou and Orleans , reduced Paris after a siege of ten years , and extended his conquests as far as the Loire . Overtaken by years and infirmities , this gallant but unamiable prince breathed his last at Tournay ...
... army into Gaul , took Anjou and Orleans , reduced Paris after a siege of ten years , and extended his conquests as far as the Loire . Overtaken by years and infirmities , this gallant but unamiable prince breathed his last at Tournay ...
Pagina 11
... army , ready to escort him back to Rome , and repay the obligation by restoring the triple crown to its venerable claimant . Entering Italy , the Franks laid siege to Pavia , and Astolphus , finding further resistance vain , sur ...
... army , ready to escort him back to Rome , and repay the obligation by restoring the triple crown to its venerable claimant . Entering Italy , the Franks laid siege to Pavia , and Astolphus , finding further resistance vain , sur ...
Pagina 12
... army , disciplined during the wars of two eventful reigns , Charles set out to crush the growing strength of the aged Hunalde , duke of Aquitaine , who , quitting a convent in which he had concealed himself for three and twenty years ...
... army , disciplined during the wars of two eventful reigns , Charles set out to crush the growing strength of the aged Hunalde , duke of Aquitaine , who , quitting a convent in which he had concealed himself for three and twenty years ...
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France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery ..., Volumul 2;Volumul 266 George Newenham Wright Vizualizare completă - 1849 |
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Pagina 39 - To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays her bright domain.
Pagina 24 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Pagina 28 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pagina 18 - Charlemagne was a friend of learning ; he deserves the name of restorer of the sciences and teacher of his people. He attracted, by his liberality, the most distinguished scholars to his court; among others, Alcuin, from England, whom he chose for his own instructor ; Peter of Pisa, who received the title of his grammarian ; and Paul Warnefried.
Pagina 19 - Menzel, in his history of the Germans, says of him, " His greatest praise is, that he prevented the total decline of the sciences in the West, and supplied new aliment to their expiring light ; that he considered the improvement of nations as important as their union and subjugation. This love of intellectual improvement is the more laudable in a prince whose youth was spent in military exercises and the chase, and his whole after life in the whirlpool of war ; at a time, too, before the charm of...
Pagina 19 - Arragon ; the Netherlands, Germany as far as the Elbe, Saale and Eyder, Upper and Middle Italy, Istria, and a part of Sclavonia. In private life, Charlemagne was exceedingly amiable ; a good father, and generous friend. His domestic economy afforded a model of frugality ; his person, a rare example of simplicity and greatness. He despised extravagance of dress in men, though, on solemn occasions, he appeared in all the splendor of majesty.
Pagina 18 - In this tomb lies the body of Charles, the Great and Orthodox Emperor, who gloriously extended the kingdom of the Franks, and reigned prosperously for fortyseven years. He died at the age of seventy, in the year of our Lord 814, the 7th Indiction, on the 28th day of January.
Pagina 18 - Aix-la-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to lie built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome bore a globe of massive gold. The imperial palace was built in the highest style of splendor. Charlemagne also erected baths, in which more than 100 persons could swim in warm water.