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... taken . A pre- vious cannonade had almost rased a part of the walls of St. Michael ; but it was in vain that the enemy endeavoured to break through the barriers which the besieged formed with their bodies . The assault was suspended for ...
... taken . A pre- vious cannonade had almost rased a part of the walls of St. Michael ; but it was in vain that the enemy endeavoured to break through the barriers which the besieged formed with their bodies . The assault was suspended for ...
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... taken soon after the commencement of the fourteenth cen- tury by Ferdinand , king of Castile . It was recovered , however , in 1333 , by Abomelek , the son of the emperor of Fez , and the Moors were not finally dispossessed of it till ...
... taken soon after the commencement of the fourteenth cen- tury by Ferdinand , king of Castile . It was recovered , however , in 1333 , by Abomelek , the son of the emperor of Fez , and the Moors were not finally dispossessed of it till ...
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... taken by an English fleet , under the command of Sir George Rooke and the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt , in July 1704. The project of the attack was very suddenly formed at a council of war held on board the admiral's ship , while the ...
... taken by an English fleet , under the command of Sir George Rooke and the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt , in July 1704. The project of the attack was very suddenly formed at a council of war held on board the admiral's ship , while the ...
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... taken his tallow candle from its socket , and , indifferent to the abomina- tion of grease , holds it in his right hand , whilst his left hand grasps his journal , -the Benjamin of his heart . The ascending flame has set fire to his hat ...
... taken his tallow candle from its socket , and , indifferent to the abomina- tion of grease , holds it in his right hand , whilst his left hand grasps his journal , -the Benjamin of his heart . The ascending flame has set fire to his hat ...
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... taken so much trouble to erect such a pile , except to conceal and preserve under it a large and costly treasure of some kind . Hence the pedestal has suffered from the violent attempts of the Arabs to penetrate below it : one Arab ...
... taken so much trouble to erect such a pile , except to conceal and preserve under it a large and costly treasure of some kind . Hence the pedestal has suffered from the violent attempts of the Arabs to penetrate below it : one Arab ...
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Popular passages
Page 79 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 212 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 164 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 168 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 260 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 48 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 39 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Page 240 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 87 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 130 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.