The Eclectic Review, Volume 8; Volume 56Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood 1832 |
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... means suited for rapid and combined manoeuvres . The European infantry was , in most cases , nothing more than a half - disciplined assemblage , always in danger , when beyond the protection of the horsemen , of utter and irrecoverable ...
... means suited for rapid and combined manoeuvres . The European infantry was , in most cases , nothing more than a half - disciplined assemblage , always in danger , when beyond the protection of the horsemen , of utter and irrecoverable ...
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... means , followed by the present governor , Don Francisco de Serna . Its actual state , as well as some intimation of its former splendour , may be inferred from the following description . Mr. Irving's first visit to the spot led him ...
... means , followed by the present governor , Don Francisco de Serna . Its actual state , as well as some intimation of its former splendour , may be inferred from the following description . Mr. Irving's first visit to the spot led him ...
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... means existed of altering their inimical disposition ; and extreme as was the measure , we cannot see the alternative . The attribution of the decadence of Spain to this cause , seems to us unfounded . The abrupt removal of so many ...
... means existed of altering their inimical disposition ; and extreme as was the measure , we cannot see the alternative . The attribution of the decadence of Spain to this cause , seems to us unfounded . The abrupt removal of so many ...
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... means of information , -may be seen by the silence of Pliny , Suetonius , and Tacitus , respecting the destruc- tion of Herculaneum ; the two former not having alluded to the fact , and the latter stating only generally that cities were ...
... means of information , -may be seen by the silence of Pliny , Suetonius , and Tacitus , respecting the destruc- tion of Herculaneum ; the two former not having alluded to the fact , and the latter stating only generally that cities were ...
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... means follows from hence , that the discovery is not yet to come . Quadrumanous animals are entirely tropical ... mean temperature necessary to the growth of the palm . The date palm is as successfully cultivated now in Palestine , as in ...
... means follows from hence , that the discovery is not yet to come . Quadrumanous animals are entirely tropical ... mean temperature necessary to the growth of the palm . The date palm is as successfully cultivated now in Palestine , as in ...
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Page 164 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him...
Page 399 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly war-flame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 370 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Page 455 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 168 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 481 - the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty...
Page 398 - And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. Ho! strike the flag-staff deep, Sir Knight: ho! scatter flowers, fair maids: Ho ! gunners, fire a loud salute : ho ! gallants, draw your blades : Thou sun, shine on her joyously — ye breezes, waft her wide ; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM, the banner of our pride.
Page 163 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 475 - A TROUBLE, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting sun's pathetic light Engendered, hangs o'er Eildon's triple height : Spirits of power, assembled there, complain For kindred power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again.
Page 370 - Thou tread'st upon enchanted ground ; Perils and snares beset thee round : Beware of all ; guard every part ; But most the traitor in thy heart. 5 Come, then, my soul ! now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield ; Put on the armor from above Of heavenly truth, and heavenly love.