 | 1909 - 624 pages
...stipulation was for the safety of their favourite. They knew well that, if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself, and that, if he exposed them...peril, he repaid them with plunder. For the soldier he subsidised every people ; to the people he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Anthologies - 1923 - 252 pages
...stipulation was for the safety of their favorite s+ *» They knew well, if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that if he exposed them to...affectation of literature must not be omitted *» The jailer of the Press, he affected the patronage of letters — the proscriber of books, he encouraged... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Literature - 1923 - 284 pages
...stipulation was for the safety of their favorite AN AN They knew well, if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that if he exposed them to...people; to the people he made even pride pay tribute AN The victorious veteran glittered with his gains; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art,... | |
 | Elocution - 1895 - 1034 pages
...stipulation was for the safety of their favorite. They knew well that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself ; and that if he exposed them...repaid them with plunder. For the soldier he subsidized everybodv; to the people he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his... | |
 | Wales - 1895 - 566 pages
...favourite. They knew well if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself ; and that if he expos' d them to peril, he repaid them with plunder. For the soldier, he subdued every people — to the people he made oven pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered... | |
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The victorious veteran glittered with his gains; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe. 
