The history of France, Volume 1Religious Tract Society, 1845 |
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... possessions in Gaul . They fought battles , and made some conquests , it is true ; but their incursions were frequently checked , and their de- predations often severely chastised . Towards the end of this century , however , the ...
... possessions in Gaul . They fought battles , and made some conquests , it is true ; but their incursions were frequently checked , and their de- predations often severely chastised . Towards the end of this century , however , the ...
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... possessed of genius and habits which qualified him for enterprise . He had ac- quired all that ferocity which characterized the age and country in which he lived . His mind was capable of forming extensive plans , and he possessed skill ...
... possessed of genius and habits which qualified him for enterprise . He had ac- quired all that ferocity which characterized the age and country in which he lived . His mind was capable of forming extensive plans , and he possessed skill ...
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... possession of his territory and capital . A circumstance occurred after this victory , which has been frequently adduced by secular historians , as a proof of the " piety , " or , as it would be more properly termed , superstition of ...
... possession of his territory and capital . A circumstance occurred after this victory , which has been frequently adduced by secular historians , as a proof of the " piety , " or , as it would be more properly termed , superstition of ...
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... possession of all the north and west of Gaul , from the Rhine to the Loire . Soon after his victory over Syagrius , A.D. 486 , Clovis undertook an expedition into Germany . The king of Thuringia , thinking he might occupy the country ...
... possession of all the north and west of Gaul , from the Rhine to the Loire . Soon after his victory over Syagrius , A.D. 486 , Clovis undertook an expedition into Germany . The king of Thuringia , thinking he might occupy the country ...
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... possessed , at this date , may be seen by the progress which Clovis made in extending his dominion after he had entered her communion . Through the in- fluence of the bishops , all the people of Gaul professing Christianity submitted to ...
... possessed , at this date , may be seen by the progress which Clovis made in extending his dominion after he had entered her communion . Through the in- fluence of the bishops , all the people of Gaul professing Christianity submitted to ...
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Page 447 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 209 - And all our dainty terms for fratricide; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues Like mere abstractions, empty sounds to which We join no feeling and attach no form! As if the soldier died without a wound; As if the fibres of this godlike frame Were gored without a pang...
Page 26 - Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Though not but by the Spirit understood.
Page 149 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 138 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 245 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Page 96 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 98 - I lead in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; And I will fill their treasures.
Page 156 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart ; O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 408 - Inherited, not purchased, nor our own. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth.