Fifty Celebrated Men: Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that Made Them FamousWard, Lock, 1881 - 311 pages |
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... night . Columbus went to Lisbon to hear more of the discoveries that had been made ; and day after day you might have seen him , for he was a religious man , entering the Church of All Saints , at prayer time . Men noticed him ...
... night . Columbus went to Lisbon to hear more of the discoveries that had been made ; and day after day you might have seen him , for he was a religious man , entering the Church of All Saints , at prayer time . Men noticed him ...
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... Columbus addressed his people that evening as the sun sank , and besought them to be very watchful during the night . Besides the gratuity of thirty crowns for life , he engaged to bestow MEN OF ENTERPRISE AND DARING . 5.
... Columbus addressed his people that evening as the sun sank , and besought them to be very watchful during the night . Besides the gratuity of thirty crowns for life , he engaged to bestow MEN OF ENTERPRISE AND DARING . 5.
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... night , about twelve o'clock , or not long after , the frigate being a - head of us in the Golden Hinde , suddenly her lights were out , whereof as it were in a moment we lost the sight ; and withal our watch. 18 MEN OF ENTERPRISE AND ...
... night , about twelve o'clock , or not long after , the frigate being a - head of us in the Golden Hinde , suddenly her lights were out , whereof as it were in a moment we lost the sight ; and withal our watch. 18 MEN OF ENTERPRISE AND ...
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... night in a gale of wind through the Straits of Magellan , by a chart which he had made with the eye in passing up . The anchors were lost or broken ; the cables were parted , he could not bring up the ship ; there was nothing for it but ...
... night in a gale of wind through the Straits of Magellan , by a chart which he had made with the eye in passing up . The anchors were lost or broken ; the cables were parted , he could not bring up the ship ; there was nothing for it but ...
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... night - so goes the story - went poaching on the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy . By some means or other it was made known to the squire that Shakspeare was guilty , and forthwith Lucy the Irascible instituted a prosecution , and drove the ...
... night - so goes the story - went poaching on the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy . By some means or other it was made known to the squire that Shakspeare was guilty , and forthwith Lucy the Irascible instituted a prosecution , and drove the ...
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Page 142 - When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 267 - A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont, who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not 'studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his life, but lives already.
Page 56 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 192 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 295 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 300 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 40 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 1 - Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our Antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light.