The American PreceptorJ.H.A. Frost, 1829 |
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... length rose up , and walked forth with trembling steps , amazed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts , seemed to him vast , immense , and al- most without bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
... length rose up , and walked forth with trembling steps , amazed at the space he traversed . The stairs of the prison , the halls , the courts , seemed to him vast , immense , and al- most without bounds . 7. He stopped from time to time ...
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... length accident brought to his way an ancient do mestick , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to open the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ...
... length accident brought to his way an ancient do mestick , now a superannuated porter , who , confined to his lodge for fifteen years , had barely sufficient strength to open the gate . Even he did not know the master he had served ...
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... length , in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and , throwing it upon the ground , exclaimed , " Here , you little , thieving ...
... length , in a fit of rage and disappointment , and under the supposition that the one he retained on his head was not worth taking away , pulled it off , and , throwing it upon the ground , exclaimed , " Here , you little , thieving ...
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... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcasses of their starved cattle and domestick animals , they fed on boiled leather and vermin . In this extremity , they boldly resolv- ed to ...
... length famine did more for Edward than arms . After the citizens had devoured the lean carcasses of their starved cattle and domestick animals , they fed on boiled leather and vermin . In this extremity , they boldly resolv- ed to ...
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... length St. Pierre resumed : " It had been base in me , my fellow citizens , to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honour ...
... length St. Pierre resumed : " It had been base in me , my fellow citizens , to propose any suffering to others , which I should have been unwilling to undergo in my own person ; but I held it ungenerous to deprive any man of the honour ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animal appearance arms Athenians aunt AUNT BETTY behold blood brethren Brutus Cæsar Calais called captain carried Cassius Cato child Cortez Council of Ten countrymen creature cried death Demosthenes Egypt endeavours enemies eyes falls father FERNANDO CORTEZ gentleman give glory governour Hamet hand happy hath hear heart Heaven honour horrour human Indians island Joseph kill king land liberty lion lives look manner Masser Fenton master mean Mexican empire Miller mind morning mother neighbour Nero never night parents Penn person poor Powhatan prison Pronounced publick Rolla Roman Saguntum savage Scrape sent ship shore Sicily slaves soldiers soon Spain speak SPEECH stranger suffer tears tell thee Themistocles thing thou hast tion unhappy unto Venice virtue Walter Manny wife William Penn words wretched young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 34 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 62 - And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come; for which hope's sake, King Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.
Seite 62 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Seite 209 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Seite 209 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Seite 14 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Seite 208 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason ! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Seite 208 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins...
Seite 172 - Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air, Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs, By day o'ersees them, and by night protects ; The tender lambs he raises in his arms, Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms : Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage, The promised Father of the future age.
Seite 198 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...