The Century: 1898, כרך 57Century Company, 1899 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 5
... force , in practical alertness , in organizing talent , and in sagacious intelligence . Theopompus says well : " Taking all in all , Europe has never seen such a man as the son of Amyntas . " So much for the parents of Alexander . How ...
... force , in practical alertness , in organizing talent , and in sagacious intelligence . Theopompus says well : " Taking all in all , Europe has never seen such a man as the son of Amyntas . " So much for the parents of Alexander . How ...
עמוד 6
... force and will must be continually replenished from the North , and the Macedonians were waiting only for their turn . Their language , mere patois as it was , and never used , so far as we know , in written form , has left evidences of ...
... force and will must be continually replenished from the North , and the Macedonians were waiting only for their turn . Their language , mere patois as it was , and never used , so far as we know , in written form , has left evidences of ...
עמוד 16
... force of his arms was felt . Thessaly , to the south , became his political ally . The issue of Macedon and anti - Mace- don crept into the politics of all the Greek cities . In Athens it had been since the peace of 346 the issue on ...
... force of his arms was felt . Thessaly , to the south , became his political ally . The issue of Macedon and anti - Mace- don crept into the politics of all the Greek cities . In Athens it had been since the peace of 346 the issue on ...
עמוד 72
... force me to it ; and you had better not , for if you do , I shall lay you by the heels in two passes . ' " Bragging and lying are well coupled , " answered Gilbert , falling into guard . " Draw before I shall have counted three , or I ...
... force me to it ; and you had better not , for if you do , I shall lay you by the heels in two passes . ' " Bragging and lying are well coupled , " answered Gilbert , falling into guard . " Draw before I shall have counted three , or I ...
עמוד 129
... force so as to cover the entrance to Cavite , the western flank of the fleet resting on Sanglei Point , and the east- ern flank resting on the shoal water near the land on the other side of the bay , both flanks being apparently so ...
... force so as to cover the entrance to Cavite , the western flank of the fleet resting on Sanglei Point , and the east- ern flank resting on the shoal water near the land on the other side of the bay , both flanks being apparently so ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 138 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
עמוד 505 - AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
עמוד 397 - ... that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
עמוד 405 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
עמוד 514 - Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
עמוד 399 - ... the best school of philosophy, morality, and politics that then existed in the province; for our queries, which were read the week preceding their discussion, put us upon reading with attention...
עמוד 396 - I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
עמוד 397 - ... which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
עמוד 515 - Being in conducting me prosperously through a long life, I have no doubt of its continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such goodness.
עמוד 396 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too...