The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and EnglishThe University Press, 1933 - 313 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 37
Página 44
... body was regarded as the highest proof of excellence . St Jerome declares , with a thrill of admiration , how he had seen a monk , who for thirty years had lived ex- clusively on a small portion of barley bread and of muddy water ...
... body was regarded as the highest proof of excellence . St Jerome declares , with a thrill of admiration , how he had seen a monk , who for thirty years had lived ex- clusively on a small portion of barley bread and of muddy water ...
Página 45
... body was regarded as a pollution of the soul , and the saints who were most admired had become one hideous mass of clotted filth . St Athanasius relates with enthusiasm how St Anthony , the patriarch of monachism , had never , to ex ...
... body was regarded as a pollution of the soul , and the saints who were most admired had become one hideous mass of clotted filth . St Athanasius relates with enthusiasm how St Anthony , the patriarch of monachism , had never , to ex ...
Página 202
... body of brave men , who shared his peril to the last , could hardly keep off the pursuers as he crossed the bridge . Never , perhaps , was the change which the progress of civilisation has produced in the art of war more strikingly ...
... body of brave men , who shared his peril to the last , could hardly keep off the pursuers as he crossed the bridge . Never , perhaps , was the change which the progress of civilisation has produced in the art of war more strikingly ...
Contenido
Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
Otras 43 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ancient arms army B.C. Book battle beauty Benjamin Jowett building Carthage Carthaginians century chap Christian Church citizens civil civilisation coast colours command Constantinople cubits death earth Edinburgh Review EDWARD GIBBON emperor enemy England English Europe fear fighting fire fleet French galleys Ghibellines gold Greek Guelfs hand harbour hath Heaven Hellespont honour horses human hundred iron islands Italian Italy Jesuit JOHN JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS John Chandos king labour land liberty light lives Lord LORD MACAULAY Lucullus magistrates master MERCENARIES mind modern Napoleon nations nature never noble passed peace persons præfects princes quinqueremes reign republic Revolution rich RICHARD HAKLUYT river Roman Empire Rome round sail seneschal ships shore side soldiers souls stone strength things thousand tion tower unto vast Venice vessels victory walls wealth whole wind Xerxes