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... hill ; the latter he conquered , by placing small stones under his tongue , and then repeatedly uttering the letters which were so difficult for his organs of speech to sound . Nor was he less careful with respect to the gracefulness of ...
... hill ; the latter he conquered , by placing small stones under his tongue , and then repeatedly uttering the letters which were so difficult for his organs of speech to sound . Nor was he less careful with respect to the gracefulness of ...
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... hill near Eddendun in Wiltshire . Disguised as a wander- ing harper , the king entered the camp of the enemy , made his observations , and upon those observations formed a skilful plan of attack . He carried his plan into execution ...
... hill near Eddendun in Wiltshire . Disguised as a wander- ing harper , the king entered the camp of the enemy , made his observations , and upon those observations formed a skilful plan of attack . He carried his plan into execution ...
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... hill ; whence , however , they could not dislodge them , as long as Harold lived to animate his troops by his example . That Prince , at last fell by a random shaft , which , entering at the eye , penetrated to the brain . His brave ...
... hill ; whence , however , they could not dislodge them , as long as Harold lived to animate his troops by his example . That Prince , at last fell by a random shaft , which , entering at the eye , penetrated to the brain . His brave ...
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... hill , he beheld the fight . His presence encouraged the Persians and their allies , to make vigorous and daring efforts , which , for some time , suspended victory in doubt ; but when they felt the numerous disad- vantages of their ...
... hill , he beheld the fight . His presence encouraged the Persians and their allies , to make vigorous and daring efforts , which , for some time , suspended victory in doubt ; but when they felt the numerous disad- vantages of their ...
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... hills of prodigious height were thick set with walls , whose angles were contrived with so much art , that their defenders could pour a storm of darts and stones upon the flanks of approaching enemies . The temple itself , a kind of ...
... hills of prodigious height were thick set with walls , whose angles were contrived with so much art , that their defenders could pour a storm of darts and stones upon the flanks of approaching enemies . The temple itself , a kind of ...
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Page 12 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 1 - A wise man will hear, and will increase learning : and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Page 12 - Better is little with the fear of the Lord Than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Page 12 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 147 - ... reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Page 148 - I scarce could turn to fall upon the ground with my head to the northward, when I felt the heat of its current plainly upon my face. We all lay flat on the ground, as if dead, till Idris told us it was blown over. The meteor, or purple haze, which...
Page 12 - When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Page 210 - Tisible ; but the light which falls on the sea is in a great measure absorbed, and the superincumbent air retains its native ethereal hue. Hence, when the ice-blink occurs under the. most favourable circumstances, it affords to the eye a beautiful and perfect map of the ice, twenty or thirty miles beyond the limit of direct vision, but less distinct in proportion as the air is hazy.
Page 8 - And yet afterwards, in the ninth chapter, he observes, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; — neither yet bread to the wise, — nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill...
Page 161 - I found myself almost choked for near ten minutes. " As soon as the gloom began to disperse, and the violence of the shock seemed pretty much abated, the first object I perceived in the room was a woman sitting on the floor with an infant in her arms, all covered with dust, pale and trembling. I asked her how she got hither, but her consternation was so great that she could give me no account of her escape.