Great Men and Famous DeedsP.F. Collier & Son, 1903 - 632 pages |
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... hundred . For this is the number , if a man reckon not the intercalated month . But if he reckon this , seeing that in three- score and ten years are thirty and five such months , and the days of these months are one thousand and fifty ...
... hundred . For this is the number , if a man reckon not the intercalated month . But if he reckon this , seeing that in three- score and ten years are thirty and five such months , and the days of these months are one thousand and fifty ...
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... hundred and six- teen of these bricks in all , four of them being of pure gold , and weighing each one talent and half a talent , and the rest of gold that was mixed with alloy ; these weighed two talents to the brick . Also he made the ...
... hundred and six- teen of these bricks in all , four of them being of pure gold , and weighing each one talent and half a talent , and the rest of gold that was mixed with alloy ; these weighed two talents to the brick . Also he made the ...
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... hundred and twenty furlongs . Round about the walls there is a ditch , very deep and broad and full of water ; and after the ditch there is a wall , of which the breadth is seventy and five feet and the height three hundred feet . On ...
... hundred and twenty furlongs . Round about the walls there is a ditch , very deep and broad and full of water ; and after the ditch there is a wall , of which the breadth is seventy and five feet and the height three hundred feet . On ...
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... weight of all its eight hundred talents . Outside is a golden altar , on which a thousand talents of frankincense were wont to be burned at the great feast . Here also was a great statue of gold , twelve cubits 53 The Taking of Babylon.
... weight of all its eight hundred talents . Outside is a golden altar , on which a thousand talents of frankincense were wont to be burned at the great feast . Here also was a great statue of gold , twelve cubits 53 The Taking of Babylon.
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... hundred and twenty fur- longs . Now both these things she did for the same end , that the stream of the river might be the slower and the voyage to Babylon a voyage of many wind- ings and that when the voyage on the river should be ...
... hundred and twenty fur- longs . Now both these things she did for the same end , that the stream of the river might be the slower and the voyage to Babylon a voyage of many wind- ings and that when the voyage on the river should be ...
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Page 526 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 552 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Page 588 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Page 497 - So much one man can do, That does both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome...
Page 449 - FAIR stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Caux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry.
Page 527 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Page 594 - The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 199 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi
Page 526 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 636 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.