A Complete Course in History: New Manual of General History, with Particular Attention to Ancient and Modern Civilization. With Numerous Engravings and Maps. For the Use of Colleges, High Schools, Academies, Etc, Part 2 |
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Page 197 - The loss of Colonel Hampden goeth near the heart of every man that loves the good of his king and country, and makes some conceive little content to be at the army now that he is gone. The memory of this deceased colonel is such, that in no age to come but it will more and more be had in honour and esteem ; a man so religious, and of that prudence, judgment/ temper, valour, and integrity, that he hath left few his like behind.
Page 177 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 156 - Never perhaps has the energy and effect of a single mind been more remarkably felt than in the sudden, though transient, reformation of Rome by the tribune Rienzi.
Page 229 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory : and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Page 156 - In this time (says the historian,) the woods began to rejoice that they were no longer infested with robbers ; the oxen began to plough ; the pilgrims visited the sanctuaries ; the roads and inns were replenished with travellers ; trade, plenty, and good faith, were restored in the markets ; and a purse of gold might be exposed without danger in the midst of the highway.
Page 37 - At home and abroad, in peace and war, Abu Taleb, the most respectable of his uncles, was the guide and guardian of his youth ; in his twenty-fifth year, he entered into the service of Cadijah, a rich and noble widow of Mecca, who fKbaaij*] soon rewarded his fidelity with the gift of her hand and fortune.
Page 46 - A saint without superstition, a scholar without ostentation, a warrior all whose wars were fought in the defence of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained by cruelty, a prince never cast down by adversity, never lifted up to insolence in the day of triumph — there is no other name in history to compare with his.
Page 75 - Hainault seized the reins of his bridle, turned about his horse, and carried him off the field of battle. The whole French army took to flight, and was followed and put to the sword, without mercy, by the enemy; till the darkness of the night put an end to the pursuit. The King, on his return to the camp, flew into the arms of the Prince of Wales, and exclaimed, "My brave son! Persevere in your honorable cause : you are my son ; for valiantly have you acquitted yourself to-day: you have shown yourself...
Page 53 - Robert, seems to have been visited upon him by the hand of Providence, in the calamities of his after life ; particularly in the death of his only son, who was drowned on his passage from Normandy to England. Henry was one of the most accomplished of the English sovereigns — brave, affable, and learned ; but his conduct in many instances, shewed that he was wanting in moderation, purity, and gratitude. § Henry married a Saxon princess, Matilda...
Page 31 - European history, the reign of Charlemagne affords a solitary restingplace between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving the advantages of contrast both from...