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Page 721
... Belisarius over the Vandals . Ilad Africa been defended by the successor of a race of conquering kings , and not by the subordinate of a falling empire , the tide of Maho- metanism might have here broken backward from the Vandal bul ...
... Belisarius over the Vandals . Ilad Africa been defended by the successor of a race of conquering kings , and not by the subordinate of a falling empire , the tide of Maho- metanism might have here broken backward from the Vandal bul ...
Page 723
... Belisarius were destined to avenge the insulted pride of Justinian , and the imprisonment of Hilderic . But the pro- jected invasion was far from popular . The rabble , indeed , safe at home , and seeing the war in its triumphs , alone ...
... Belisarius were destined to avenge the insulted pride of Justinian , and the imprisonment of Hilderic . But the pro- jected invasion was far from popular . The rabble , indeed , safe at home , and seeing the war in its triumphs , alone ...
Page 724
... Belisarius , the conqueror of Kobad , the Persian king . Small , indeed , was the army destined for the invasion of Africa ; less than a sixth of that which Basiliscus had expended in his unsuc- cessful attempt during the reign of Leo ...
... Belisarius , the conqueror of Kobad , the Persian king . Small , indeed , was the army destined for the invasion of Africa ; less than a sixth of that which Basiliscus had expended in his unsuc- cessful attempt during the reign of Leo ...
Page 725
... Belisarius , the fair promises of the emperor , and the courtesy of the general , won the native Africans to his party ; and the march of the army from Sullecte to within fifty miles of Carthage , through the gardens and vineyards of ...
... Belisarius , the fair promises of the emperor , and the courtesy of the general , won the native Africans to his party ; and the march of the army from Sullecte to within fifty miles of Carthage , through the gardens and vineyards of ...
Page 726
... Belisarius was marching onward , five miles in the rear , with the main body of his forces , from the temporary camp which he had raised in the plain , about two leagues from the defile where he looked for the approach of Gelimer ...
... Belisarius was marching onward , five miles in the rear , with the main body of his forces , from the temporary camp which he had raised in the plain , about two leagues from the defile where he looked for the approach of Gelimer ...
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Page 132 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 207 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: " To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods...
Page 2 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
Page 211 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Page 525 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Page 784 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peer?
Page 427 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect...
Page 525 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering : for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 555 - And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Page 206 - But by the yellow Tiber Was tumult and affright : From all the spacious champaign To Rome men took their flight. A mile around the city, The throng stopped up the ways ; A fearful sight it was to see Through two long nights and days.