Life of General Sir William Napier, 2권J. Murray, 1864 |
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... contrasted with the Duke's strong expressions in the above extracts . Again with respect to the barbarities committed by the Spaniards , the reader is referred to the opening of 1840. ] 13 DEFENCE OF THE " HISTORY , '
... contrasted with the Duke's strong expressions in the above extracts . Again with respect to the barbarities committed by the Spaniards , the reader is referred to the opening of 1840. ] 13 DEFENCE OF THE " HISTORY , '
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... expressions were inconsistent with the dignity of history . As regards the honesty and impartiality of the work there can be but one opinion . Sufficient extracts have been given to show how fearlessly he published political opinions ...
... expressions were inconsistent with the dignity of history . As regards the honesty and impartiality of the work there can be but one opinion . Sufficient extracts have been given to show how fearlessly he published political opinions ...
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... expression to me . We were talking of your book , and giving you credit for the spirit of independence with which it is written . He said he had heard the Duke speak of it in the same sense and in these words : — " Napier may be ...
... expression to me . We were talking of your book , and giving you credit for the spirit of independence with which it is written . He said he had heard the Duke speak of it in the same sense and in these words : — " Napier may be ...
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... expressions unnecessary or de trop . After that I mean to write my Life , or a part of it at least , for I am like the lady who undertook to write St. Augustine's Life , and when a bishop observed that some passages were not quite what ...
... expressions unnecessary or de trop . After that I mean to write my Life , or a part of it at least , for I am like the lady who undertook to write St. Augustine's Life , and when a bishop observed that some passages were not quite what ...
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... expressions offen- sive to General Napier ; but he disclaims all intention of having given offence to General Napier by such expres- sions . " " In consequence of the above expression of regret on the part of Mr. S- , General Napier ...
... expressions offen- sive to General Napier ; but he disclaims all intention of having given offence to General Napier by such expres- sions . " " In consequence of the above expression of regret on the part of Mr. S- , General Napier ...
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205 페이지 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill : Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the Morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
46 페이지 - And thro' the mountain-walls A rolling organ-harmony Swells up, and shakes and falls. Then move the trees, the copses nod, Wings flutter, voices hover clear : ' O just and faithful knight of God ! Ride on ! the prize is near.
267 페이지 - During mourning, the living mourners and the deceased constitute a special group, situated between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and how soon living individuals leave that group depends on the closeness of their relationship with the dead person.
46 페이지 - So pass I hostel, hall, and grange; By bridge and ford, by park and pale, All armed I ride, whate'er betide, Until I find the Holy Grail.
25 페이지 - ... him, and still bear for his memory because he cherished the principles of a just equality. They loved him also for his incessant activity in the public...
32 페이지 - ... application of a just science would have rendered the operation comparatively easy ? Because the English ministers, so ready to plunge into war, were quite ignorant of its exigencies; because the English people are warlike without being military, and under the pretence of maintaining a liberty which they do not possess, oppose in peace all useful martial establishments. Expatiating in their schools and colleges, upon Roman discipline and Roman valour, they are heedless of Roman institutions;...
44 페이지 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
313 페이지 - The path of such a man through the foul jungle of this world — the struggle of Heaven's inspiration against the terrestrial fooleries, cupidities, and cowardices — cannot be other than tragical : but the man does tear out a bit of way for himself too ; strives towards the good goal, inflexibly persistent till his long rest come : the man does leave his mark behind him, ineffaceable, beneficent to all good men, maleficent to none : and we must not complain. The British nation of this time, in...
132 페이지 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
17 페이지 - ... under the command of an officer ; and yet there is not an outrage of any description, which has not been committed on a people who have uniformly received us as friends, by soldiers who never yet, for one moment, suffered the slightest want, or the smallest privation.