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... chief of the Vandals , and their country was called Skoningen : the former exacted a tribute from the wanderers , as a rent for the meadows on which they fed their flocks . Afterwards Skoningen was found to be no longer capable of ...
... chief of the Vandals , and their country was called Skoningen : the former exacted a tribute from the wanderers , as a rent for the meadows on which they fed their flocks . Afterwards Skoningen was found to be no longer capable of ...
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... chiefs soon after held various parts of North Gaul ; as Sigbert , king of Cologne ; Cararic , king of the Morini ... chief , or king of the Salian Franks , and who was the son and successor of Childeric , by a Thuringian queen , to ...
... chiefs soon after held various parts of North Gaul ; as Sigbert , king of Cologne ; Cararic , king of the Morini ... chief , or king of the Salian Franks , and who was the son and successor of Childeric , by a Thuringian queen , to ...
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... chief , or king of the Salian Franks , about A.D. 481 . Clovis was at this time about twenty years of age ; but he was possessed of genius and habits which qualified him for enterprise . He had ac- quired all that ferocity which ...
... chief , or king of the Salian Franks , about A.D. 481 . Clovis was at this time about twenty years of age ; but he was possessed of genius and habits which qualified him for enterprise . He had ac- quired all that ferocity which ...
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menced the extension of his power . In conjunc- tion with the Frank chief of Cambray , he attacked Syagrius , the principal governor of the Soisson- nois , defeated him , and took possession of his territory and capital . A circumstance ...
menced the extension of his power . In conjunc- tion with the Frank chief of Cambray , he attacked Syagrius , the principal governor of the Soisson- nois , defeated him , and took possession of his territory and capital . A circumstance ...
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... chief imitated the example of the Roman- " God of Clotilda ! " he cried , " if thou wilt now interpose , and grant me this victory , I will renounce idolatry for ever , and become a Christian . " Clovis gained the victory , and was soon ...
... chief imitated the example of the Roman- " God of Clotilda ! " he cried , " if thou wilt now interpose , and grant me this victory , I will renounce idolatry for ever , and become a Christian . " Clovis gained the victory , and was soon ...
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Página 447 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Página 209 - And all our dainty terms for fratricide; Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues Like mere abstractions, empty sounds to which We join no feeling and attach no form! As if the soldier died without a wound; As if the fibres of this godlike frame Were gored without a pang...
Página 26 - Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Though not but by the Spirit understood.
Página 149 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Página 138 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Página 245 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Página 96 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 98 - I lead in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance ; And I will fill their treasures.
Página 156 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart ; O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Página 408 - Inherited, not purchased, nor our own. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth.