Orations and Speeches [1845-1850], 1. kötetTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 32 találatból.
28. oldal
... women of noble birth and beauty , seek on the slope of the mountain inclosed within the defences , those aliments which nature destined solely for the beasts . A little cheese and a few 28 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
... women of noble birth and beauty , seek on the slope of the mountain inclosed within the defences , those aliments which nature destined solely for the beasts . A little cheese and a few 28 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
32. oldal
... beauty's bloom , There they lie in hated tomb ; Sunk beneath the massy mound , In eternal chambers bound . III . From this dreary picture of the miseries of War , I turn to another branch of the subject . War is utterly ineffectual to ...
... beauty's bloom , There they lie in hated tomb ; Sunk beneath the massy mound , In eternal chambers bound . III . From this dreary picture of the miseries of War , I turn to another branch of the subject . War is utterly ineffectual to ...
53. oldal
... beauty of the faith which it professed . Like Constantine , it found new incentives to War in the religion of Peace ; and such has been its character , let it be said fearlessly , even to our own day . The Pope of Rome , the asserted ...
... beauty of the faith which it professed . Like Constantine , it found new incentives to War in the religion of Peace ; and such has been its character , let it be said fearlessly , even to our own day . The Pope of Rome , the asserted ...
129. oldal
... beauty ; - * And let the whole earth be filled with His Glory ! It is a beautiful picture in Grecian story , that there was at least one spot , the small Island of Delos , dedica- ted to the Gods , and kept at all times sacred from War ...
... beauty ; - * And let the whole earth be filled with His Glory ! It is a beautiful picture in Grecian story , that there was at least one spot , the small Island of Delos , dedica- ted to the Gods , and kept at all times sacred from War ...
130. oldal
... beauty . History dwells with fondness on the reverent homage that was bestowed , by massacring soldiers , upon the spot occupied by the Sepulchre of the Lord . Vain man ! to restrain his regard to a few feet of sacred mould ! The whole ...
... beauty . History dwells with fondness on the reverent homage that was bestowed , by massacring soldiers , upon the spot occupied by the Sepulchre of the Lord . Vain man ! to restrain his regard to a few feet of sacred mould ! The whole ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
admiration Algerine Algiers Allston American ancient antiquity Argel arms army barbarous beauty beneficent Benevolence blessed blood brothers Cæsar captives cents Cervantes Channing character Christian Christian slaves church Cicero civilization conduct confess death declared distant divine duty early earth England English Europe evil Fame Father force France freedom genius happiness heart Heaven honor human illustrations individuals influence Jurist justice knowledge labors land Laws of War learning Leibnitz literature lives Lord Lord Exmouth mankind master ment mind moral Morocco nations nature Navy orator Peace Pharsalia poet praise Progress race recognized regard religion Roman Rome sacred says scene selfish sentiment ships slavery slaves soldiers soul spirit story strife success sword Thomas Phelps tion Titian Trial by Battle triumph True Glory truth Tunis victory virtue voice War with Tripoli White Slavery words youth
Népszerű szakaszok
370. oldal - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
178. oldal - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
83. oldal - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
111. oldal - Ten of them were sheathed in steel. With belted sword and spur on heel: They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day nor yet by night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.
217. oldal - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
298. oldal - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
324. oldal - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
20. oldal - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
45. oldal - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
116. oldal - This little State," says Oldmixon, " subsisted in the midst of six Indian nations, without so much as a Militia for its defence.