The advanced prose and poetical reader, by A.W. BuchanAlexander Winton Buchan 1859 |
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Pagina 44
... Persian conquerors , he called out loudly , " Solon ! Solon ! Solon ! " Cyrus asked him , " What god or man do you thus call upon in your calamity ? " He is one of the wise men of Greece , " Croesus answered , " for whom I sent , that ...
... Persian conquerors , he called out loudly , " Solon ! Solon ! Solon ! " Cyrus asked him , " What god or man do you thus call upon in your calamity ? " He is one of the wise men of Greece , " Croesus answered , " for whom I sent , that ...
Pagina 72
... Persians . " This interpretation , one would think , should have enhanced the king's trouble ; but some way or other , they found means to dispel his fears , and make him easy ; probably upon the persuasion that the calamity was not ...
... Persians . " This interpretation , one would think , should have enhanced the king's trouble ; but some way or other , they found means to dispel his fears , and make him easy ; probably upon the persuasion that the calamity was not ...
Pagina 76
... Persians , 363 , at the age of thirty - one , after a reign of three years . THE vain and ambitious mind of Julian might aspire to restore the ancient glory of the temple of Jerusalem . As 76 GENERAL HISTORY . Julian's Attempt to ...
... Persians , 363 , at the age of thirty - one , after a reign of three years . THE vain and ambitious mind of Julian might aspire to restore the ancient glory of the temple of Jerusalem . As 76 GENERAL HISTORY . Julian's Attempt to ...
Pagina 80
... Persian cavalry by felled trees obstructing the approach . The Persians occupied a position on the plain ; while their fleet was ranged along the beach , and Hippias himself marshalled them for the battle . The native Persians and Sakae ...
... Persian cavalry by felled trees obstructing the approach . The Persians occupied a position on the plain ; while their fleet was ranged along the beach , and Hippias himself marshalled them for the battle . The native Persians and Sakae ...
Pagina 81
... Persians have been very strong in this latter force , seeing that their horses had to be transported across the Ægean . But the elevated position of Miltiadês en- abled them to take some measure of the numbers under his command , and ...
... Persians have been very strong in this latter force , seeing that their horses had to be transported across the Ægean . But the elevated position of Miltiadês en- abled them to take some measure of the numbers under his command , and ...
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Pagina 235 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At' that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Pagina 68 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Pagina 267 - Not as a child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay ; By...
Pagina 14 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Pagina 225 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Pagina 272 - Who sank thy sunless pillars deep in earth? Who filled thy countenance with rosy light? Who made thee parent of perpetual streams?
Pagina 272 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest?
Pagina 299 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Pagina 266 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Pagina 303 - So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be his last, ) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace.