... baseness allied with our aspirations after immortality. It could not but occur to Joan, that she might be the object of these prophecies ; it was but a short and flattering step for her credulity to suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was... The History of France ... - Seite 108von Eyre Evans Crowe - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1830 - 550 Seiten
...suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was bright and dazzling ; — she gazed upon it ; — it became the object of her constant meditation. When...realizes itself. To inspire confident hope of victory was the surest way to win it ; and this she effected. Never, by human means alone, was miracle wrought... | |
| 1830 - 812 Seiten
...to suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was bright and dazzling ;—she gazed upon it i—it became the object of her constant meditation. When...cases, how strongly must her successes have confirmed hen 1 The prophecy too was one that realizes itself. To inspire confident hope of victory was the sorest... | |
| Eyre Evans Crowe - 1886 - 410 Seiten
...suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was bright and dazzling ; — she gazed upon it ; — it became the object of her constant meditation. When...have confirmed hers ! The prophecy, too, was one that realises itself. To inspire confident hope of victory was the surest way to win it ; and this she effected.... | |
| Andrew Bell (of Southampton) - 1863 - 392 Seiten
...suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was bright and dazzling ; — she gazed upon it ; — it became the object of her constant meditation. When...have confirmed hers ! The prophecy, too, was one that realises itself. To inspire confident hope of victory was the* surest way to win it ; and this she... | |
| Andrew Bell - 1863 - 386 Seiten
...suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea was bright and dazzling ;— she gazed upon it ;— it became the object of her constant meditation. When...have confirmed hers ! The prophecy, too, was one that realises itself. To inspire confident hope of victory was the surest way to win it ; and this she effected.... | |
| Andrew Bell (of Southampton) - 1863 - 386 Seiten
...suppose, to believe, that she was. The idea •was bright and dazzling ; — she gazed upon it ; — it became the object of her constant meditation. When we see that ill success or contradictor}' events can seldom dissipate illusion in such cases, how strongly must her successes... | |
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