 | American essays - 1870 - 778 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...and danger, the rage of man and of the elements, the southem sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine, and disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Great Lakes Region (North America) - 1869 - 494 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope, emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride, which, Coriolanus-like, declared itself most sternly... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1870 - 452 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope, emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride, which, Coriolanus-like, declared itself most sternly... | |
 | Literature - 1870 - 444 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. lie is a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope, emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride, which! Coriolanus-like, declared itself most sternly... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1874 - 978 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like tin; King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the rage of man and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine and disease, delay, disappointment... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1877 - 974 pages
...a throng of enemies, lie stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the гаде of Tiiau and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine and disease,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1879 - 530 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. lie was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride which, ' Coriolanus-like, declared itself most sternly... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1880 - 528 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride which, Coriolanus-like, declared itself most sternly... | |
 | John Charles Dent - Canada - 1881 - 360 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment and deferred hope, emptied their quivers in vain. Never under the impenetrable mail of paladin or crusader beat a heart... | |
 | Henry Bruce - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 276 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. ... To estimate aright the marvels of his patient fortitude, one must... | |
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It is easy to reckon up his defects, but it is not easy to hide from sight the Roman virtues that redeemed them. Beset by a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose... 
