 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...of their' favourite. They well knew that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of hiuistlf ; and if he exposed them to peril, he repaid them with plunder...tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains ; and the capita^ gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe.... | |
 | Charles Angélique François Huchet comte de La Bédoyère - France - 1827 - 570 pages
...was useless, and even then their first stipulation was for his safety. They knew well, that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that if he exposed them to peril, he repaid them with riches. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains, and the capital of France, gorgeous with the... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...useless, and their first 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...tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains ; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe.... | |
 | 1828 - 284 pages
...useless ; and, even then, their first stipulation was for hia safety. They knew well, that, if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that, if he exposed them to peril, he repaid them with riches. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains, and the capital of France, gorgeous with the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...their favourite. They knew well, if he wan lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that, if be exposed them to peril, he repaid them with plunder. For the soldier he subdued every people,— to the people he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...of their favourite. They well knew that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself,—apd that if he exposed them to peril, he repaid them with plunder. . 8 Such a medley of contradictions, and yet such an individual consistency, were never before united... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...useless; and their first stipulation was for the safety of their favourite. They knew well, if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that,...peril, he repaid them with plunder. For the soldier he subdued every people,— to the people he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...and their first stipulation was for the safety of their favourite. They knew well, that, if he was lavish of them, he • was prodigal of himself; and...exposed them to peril, he repaid them with plunder. 5. For the soldier, he subsidized everybody; to the people he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...their first s'.-'pulation was for the safety of their favourite. 11. They knew well that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that...tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of tne universe.... | |
 | Member of the bar - English orations - 1836 - 560 pages
...favourite. They knew well that if he was lavish of them, he was prodigal of himself; and that if be exposed them to peril, he repaid them with plunder....tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains ; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe.... | |
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For the soldier, he subsidized every people; to the people, he made even pride pay tribute. The victorious veteran glittered with his gains; and the capital, gorgeous with the spoils of art, became the miniature metropolis of the universe. 
