Self Culture; a Monthly Devoted to the Interests of the Home University League, Volume 2, Issue 6Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam Self-culture magazine Company, 1896 |
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Page 851
... whole with cruelties characteristic of his progress everywhere . Persian governors were for the most part in control during the next hundred years , and in 1604 the whole country was laid waste by Persia and 40,000 of the population ...
... whole with cruelties characteristic of his progress everywhere . Persian governors were for the most part in control during the next hundred years , and in 1604 the whole country was laid waste by Persia and 40,000 of the population ...
Page 852
... whole mien has something in it that interests the French , the Americans , and even enemies themselves in his favor . Placed in a military view at the head of a nation where each individual has a share in the supreme legislative ...
... whole mien has something in it that interests the French , the Americans , and even enemies themselves in his favor . Placed in a military view at the head of a nation where each individual has a share in the supreme legislative ...
Page 854
... whole scope of a subject , and a complete experience in war and politics ; equally useful in the cabinet and in the field ; the idol of his country ; the admira- tion of the enemy he has fought and van- quished ; modest in victory ...
... whole scope of a subject , and a complete experience in war and politics ; equally useful in the cabinet and in the field ; the idol of his country ; the admira- tion of the enemy he has fought and van- quished ; modest in victory ...
Page 855
... whole . Brave without temerity , laborious without ambition , generous without prodigality , noble without pride , virtuous without severity , he seems always to have confined himself within those limits beyond which the virtues ...
... whole . Brave without temerity , laborious without ambition , generous without prodigality , noble without pride , virtuous without severity , he seems always to have confined himself within those limits beyond which the virtues ...
Page 856
... whole sustenance till the next day . Whether there be company or not , the table is always prepared , by its elegance and exuberance , for their reception , and the General remains at it for an hour after dinner , in familiar conversa ...
... whole sustenance till the next day . Whether there be company or not , the table is always prepared , by its elegance and exuberance , for their reception , and the General remains at it for an hour after dinner , in familiar conversa ...
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Page 879 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Page 879 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 880 - For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Page 875 - And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart...
Page 876 - And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 878 - Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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Page 880 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.