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7 Scorpions : Rebellion

By: Mike Saxton

...various ways that the world would end - plague, foods, sunbursts, nuclear war, the Wrath of God, amongst others. The truth is, the world didn’t end... ... in the world, this change was painful and wrought with strife. It began on May 7 th , a day that began like any other day. People around the world... ... a cancer, one that has raged out of control. It is time to mark this day on the calendar, the 7 th of May, as the beginning of a new age. As God ... ...t have a plan?” “Nope. Do you? I wasn’t expecting to run into you. I just wanted to get out of there before they raze the place with the Apocalypse ... ...ous looked at his leader to whom he was undyingly loyal. “Is that why you wanted Hartford leveled?” asked the General, who was atempting not to try ... .... A world without confict. He sees a world where the planet is healed and war is a thing of the past,” Mullen informed her. “ And there is no such t... ...d their deaths. She could not worry about what ifs until she knew the two fugitives’ fates. It was at this moment that two Seekers silently entered t... ... set of eyes to look for Vincent Black and Alexis Hera. It didn’t fnd the fugitives but it 138 Mike Saxton did fnd a band of men and women who appe... ... their lives, it doesn’t excuse turning around and performing the heinous crimes that they’ve commited. Remember that.” She put her hand on his and l...

...In a world torn apart by a ruthless dictator, humanity is enslaved and on the verge of extinction. The governments have fallen. The cities lie in ruin. The only hope is a man who has been in exile for over a year....

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...onderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among ... ... large as an island -- Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On Greenland's frigid shores -- The Sagas of old Icelandic history -- D... ...century -- Wandering islands -- The Phantom Ship -- The Flying Dutchman -- The crimes for which he suffers -- In pursuit of the spectral ship -- Ghost... ...attle. -- Genghis demands the daughter of Umcan for a wife -- Refusal leads to war -- Ceremony performed by the astrologers to forecast the result -- ... ... -- A meeting with the Tlascalans -- Their Independence maintained by constant war with Montezuma -- Wonderful walls about their capital city -- A blo... ...tched a messenger to the flag-ship to ask who the strangers were and what they wanted in his port. This was the opportunity for which da Gama had wait... ... terror over every coast in Europe six hundred years before; a few Englishmen, fugitives from their native country; a few Irishmen from Galway, who ha... ...he hills and avoiding pursuit. A proclamation of amnesty was now issued to the fugitives, who were induced to return to the ruins from which they had ... ...wed the tough skin, and fortunate was he of their number who got as much as he wanted even of this repulsive food, for half a dozen hides were no grea...

...est Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the mermaids -- Voyage of Pytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A no...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...s ies ies ies Publication Publication Publication Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State U... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ...ring an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had stars on his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that re... ...o her his bald, scented, and shining head, and complacently seated himself on the sofa. “First of all, dear friend, tell me how you are. Set your frie... ...eror Alexander’s loftiness of soul. She has refused to evacuate Malta. She wanted to find, and still seeks, some secret motive in our actions. What an... ...emony of greeting this old aunt whom not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know , and not one of them cared about; Anna Pavlovna observed th... ... with bright red cheeks were sitting on some feather beds. Evidently these fugitives were allowed to pass by special permission. The eyes of all the s... ... was the first to seize the surrendering French officer by his collar. Our fugitives returned, the battalions re- formed, and the French who had nearl... ...n nature. Millions of men perpetrated against one another such innumerable crimes, frauds, treacheries, thefts, forgeries, issues of false money, burg...

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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

...sh expedition the ambition of their protector might lead him to undertake. On the other hand, such and so multiplied were the means of vexation and op... ... of vexation and oppression possessed by the great Barons, that they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the ... ...might be apt to forget, that, although no great historical events, such as war or insurrection, mark the existence of the Anglo-Saxons as a separate p... ...erly to have been dedicated to the rites of Druidical su- perstition; for, on the summit of a hillock, so regular as to seem artificial, there still r... ...ke his companion, but a strong hack- ney for the road, to save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully accoutred for battle, with a ch... ...eturned from the ban- quet, as we have seen, in no very placid humour, and wanted but a pretext for wreaking his anger upon some one. “The gyves!” he ... ...nd confederates, receive no defiances at the bands of slaves, bondsmen, or fugitives. If the person calling himself the Black Knight have indeed a cla... ...hink thee, therefore, noble Cedric, and you also, gallant Athelstane, what crimes you have committed in the flesh; for this very day will ye be called... ... Cedric, “with a heart which still, I fear, regrets the lost reward of thy crimes, as much as the deeds by which thou didst acquire that meed, how did...

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The Chaplet of Pearls

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some... ...lessis- Mornay’s life; and if Berenger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’... ...ss was white and blue, turquoise forget-me-nots bound the little lace veil on her dark chestnut hair, the bosom of her white satin dress was sprinkled... ...Narcisse told me—ah, was it to tease me?—that Diane has told them all they wanted to know, for that they sent her here on purpose to see if we were no... ...home the chaplet of pearls! I know they have set their minds upon it. They wanted me to deck Eustacie with it on that unlucky bridal-day, but I would ... ... Roy,’ but ‘Vive l’Amiral,’ and more than once the cry was added, ‘Spanish war, or civil war!’ The heart of France was, if not with the Reformed, at l... ...board the little decked market-vessel on the Seine, which was to await the fugitives. Berenger was to present himself in the palace as in his ordinary... ...where he is now? In the balcony overlooking the river, tak- ing aim at the fugitives! Take care! Even your soutane would not save you if M. d’O and hi... ..., and hypocrisy were not reached till poor Charles IX., who only committed crimes on compulsion, was in his grave, and Henry III. on the throne; but N...

...Preface: It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events that such warfare occasioned. ?Old Mortality? and ?Woodstock? are not controve...

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The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres

By: Edgar Alfred Bowring

........................................................... 38 Declaration of War. ......................................................................... .......................................................................... 71 On the Lake. ................................................................. ..........................................................................112 On the New Year. ............................................................. .............................................................. 129 Fortune of War. ......................................................................... ...fond of what is new,— And yet, to show they’re true, Nor seal nor letter’s wanted; T o all have wings been granted. The pretty birds behold,— Such bea... ...atiently the door. * * * * May many, pond’ring on their crimes, A moral draw from this betimes! II. As he proceeded on his way He t... ... I had rather not stir from my place just to stare at Worthy and sorrowful fugitives, who, with what goods they can carry, Leaving their own fair land... ... Useful in so many ways, ’tis not to he purchased for money Just when it’s wanted. And yet to-day I gladly have given Many excellent articles, shirts ... ... in vain he utters his words full of wisdom. T ell me whether you be these fugitives’ magistrate, Father, Over whose minds you appear to possess such ...

...................................................................................................................................... 38 Declaration of War. ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 Lover in All Shapes. ................................................

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

................................... 126 126 126 126 126 SOL SOL SOL SOL SOLON ON ON ON ON .................................................................. ...ARISON OF POPLICOLA A A A A WITH SOL WITH SOL WITH SOL WITH SOL WITH SOLON ON ON ON ON ............................................................. .... ...r and stranger, should be des- tined to succeed to it, broke out into open war. And, divid- ing themselves into two companies, one part of them marche... ... Minos, his fa- ther, put the Athenians to extreme distress by a perpetual war, but the gods also laid waste their country both famine and pestilence ... ...rried. Some writers, to take away this accusation of one of the great- est crimes laid to his charge, say, that he did not steal away Helen himself, b... ... him of the children’s being alive. He, coming and seeing how little Remus wanted of being received into the arms and embraces of Numitor, both gave h... ...r- ture; though perhaps it was necessary, having such a body of slaves and fugitives collected about them, either to come to nothing by dispersing the... ...o live with them elsewhere. For that the inhabitants of Alba did not think fugitives worthy of being received and incorporated as citizens among them ... ...their husbands and children to their fathers and brothers; gave those that wanted, meat and drink, and carried the wounded home to be cured, and showe...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...endered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occa... ...ebel gunboats, rams, etc., in April 1862. For their services and gallantry on those occasions I cordially rec- ommend that they should, by name, recei... ...more fully soon. Will say now that all your despatches to the Secretary of War have been promptly shown to me. Have done and shall do all I could and ... ...coln: V ol Six By order of the President: EDWIN M. STANTON, Secre- tary of War. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Com- manding Army of the Potomac, b... ...lame for 106 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six asking for what he wanted and needed, and the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving ... ...of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who may have es- caped from any person, to ... ...ts, loans, post-office deficiencies, collection of revenue, and other like charges, $14,129,771.50; for expenses under the Interior Department, $3,102... ...tizens to oppose and resist the aforementioned dangerous and treason- able crimes, and to aid in restoring to their regiments all sol- diers absent wi... ...treason, and on his being held to answer for capital or otherwise infamous crimes, and in criminal prosecutions his right to a speedy and public trial...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume Two

By: Hugh Clough

...uch an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results. Or if, on the other hand, events are limited to the combinations of some finite nu... ...lovers; that of two famous Scipios, the one overthrew the Carthaginians in war, the other totally ruined and destroyed them; the city of T roy was the... ... giving frequent proofs both of conduct and cour- age in all the following war, he was advanced to places of honor and trust under his general. After ... ...soldiers to lay aside their weapons and put off their own clothes, and put on the accoutrements of the barbarians, he commanded them to follow him to ... ...ission of Marius, or by their own lawless violence, committed all sorts of crimes, killed their masters, ravished their masters’ wives, and abused the... ...ddenly towards them, taking the most difficult road through a country that wanted water; but the way was short though uneven; hoping, if he should sur... ... that were willing should have liberty to visit him, and bring him what he wanted. Long time he deliberated what to do with him, sometimes inclining t... ...he had been willing to pervert justice, and make the city accessory to the crimes of private men, whose most unjustifiable actions had broken the peac... ...reel- ing, but convinced of his being victorious, hearing, as he went, the fugitives saluting Cyrus as king, and praying for 793 Plutarch’s Lives gra...

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The Caged Lion

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than r... ...is prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered... ...son!’ ‘And so Lilias must pine, and Patrick wander off to the weary French war,’ sighed Malcolm; ‘and I must be scorned by my cousins whenever the Hou... ...y, ‘the manhood of Scotland goes forth to waste itself in an empty foreign war, merely to keep France in as wretched a state of misrule as itself.’ ‘N... ...his two at- tendants suddenly came round the foot of Jill’s Knowe upon the fugitives, who were profiting by the interval to loosen the girths of their... ... Benedictine and Au- gustinian foundations by gentlemen of good family who wanted the easy life of a sort of bachelor squire, and the friaries were re... ...! Nay, Malcolm, it was ill in you, that talked of so loathing spulzie!’ ‘I wanted no spulzie. There were Armagnacs hid in the house, and the King woul... ...violence and cruelty; the private warfare of the lawless young prince, the crimes of reckless barbarity and of savage passion—a deadly roll, in which ... ...ing saw the unprecedented sight of three genera- tions suffering for their crimes upon the same scaffold—the white-haired Lennox, the Duke of Albany i...

...storical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. In the present case, it is scarcely necessary to do more than refer to the almost unique relations that subsisted between Henry V. and his prisoner, James I. of Scotland; who lived with him throughout his reign on...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...nclosing a draft of two hundred dollars, was duly received. I have paid it on the judg- ment, and herewith you have the receipt. I do not wish to say ... ...1858. A. CAMPBELL, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. I see clearly that s... ... and Ne- braska to govern themselves, and a lot of “niggers,” too, if they wanted them? Clearly this was no invention of his be- cause General Cass pu... ...n this principle; and I am misunderstood if it is supposed that I have any war to make upon that principle. Now, what is judge Douglas’s popular sover... ...e in favor of the people of our own T erritories excluding slavery if they wanted to, or planting it there if they wanted to, doing just as they pleas... ... States. Not only so: I presume he insisted that this was a declaration of war between the free and slave States, that it was the sound- ing to the on... ...s—why did they not use the shortest phrase? In providing for the return of fugitives they say “persons held to service or labor.” If they had said sla... ...tate or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as amongst the gravest of crimes.” I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press u... ...nable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by national or by State authority? The ...

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Merry Men

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...EN CHAPTER I: EILEAN AROS IT WA S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING in the late July when I set forth on foot for the last time for Aros. A boat had put me ashore t... ...ut without kith or kin; when some news of me 5 Merry Men found its way to Uncle Gordon on the Ross of Grisapol; and he, as he was a man who held bloo... ...e to trouble you: your way shall be mine, and your time too; and you have told me all I wanted. Only just this one thing more: what ails you?’ She own... ...at accompanied their path. Nor was this all; for when Will was yet a child a disastrous war arose over a great part of the world. The newspapers were ... ...as happy as a man need be. I could come down here and watch my fishes all day long if I wanted: I was as settled and contented as my old mill.’ Marjor... ...heir murdered guest; Weare in the death-grip of Thurtell; and a score besides of famous crimes. The thing was as clear as an illusion; he was once aga... ...o me no special category,’ replied the other. ‘All sins are murder, even as all life is war. I behold your race, like starving mariners on a raft, plu... ... heroine of many day- dreams, in which her eyes led on to, and sufficiently re- warded, crimes. She cast a dark shadow on my fancy; and when I was out... ...irs and into the garden, with the girl tumbling be- hind him, still not half awake. The fugitives rendezvous’d in the arbour by some com- mon instinct...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Eilean Aros. It was a beautiful morning in the late July when I set forth on foot for the last time for Aros. A boat had put me ashore the night before at Grisapol; I had such breakfast as the little inn afforded, and, leaving all my baggage till I had an occasion to come round for it by sea, struc...

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Adventures in the South Seas

By: Herman Melville

...e land, and was the only object that broke the broad expanse of the ocean. On approaching, she turned out to be a small, slatternly- looking craft, he... ...soon changes the rich berry-brown of a seaman’s complexion in the tropics. On the quarter-deck was one whom I took for the chief mate. He wore a broad... ...t two countenances before me were familiar. One was that of an old man-of- war’s-man, whose acquaintance I had made in Rio de Janeiro, at which place ... ...nd very old. Fit- ted for a privateer out of a New England port during the war of 1812, she had been captured at sea by a British cruiser, and, after ... ...et a crowd was seen coming down to the wa- ter. In advance of all were the fugitives—bareheaded—their frocks and trousers hanging in tatters, every fa... ...making com- mon cause with the sailors. I must explain myself here. All we wanted was to have the ship snugly anchored in Papeetee Bay; entertaining n... ...e rinds. While inmates of the Calabooza, we had as much of the fruit as we wanted; and to this cause, and others that might be mentioned, may be ascri... ...sced. 173 Melville This interview was decisive. Sensible that none of the charges brought against us would stand, yet unwilling for- mally to withdra... ...hiti. Though a sad debauchee and drunkard, and even charged with unnatural crimes, he was a great friend of the missionaries, and one of their very fi...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

...ung Man had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c on on on on onv v v v versing ersing ersing ersing ersing.. ... T T... ...steam en gine is made? Young Man. Iron, steel, brass, white metal, and so on. O.M. Where are these found? Y.M. In the rocks. O.M. In a pure state? Y.... ...of example, he drew courage from his comrades’ courage; he was afraid, and wanted to run, but he did not dare; he was afraid to run, with all those s... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...at mere public opinion could force a timid and peaceful man to— O.M. Go to war? Yes—public opinion can force some men to do anything. Y.M. Anything?... ...er Essays 26 ers.” Why did he want that? Because the Master inside of him wanted it, and would not be content without it. That emphasized sentence qu... ...h is impoverishing Europe and driving the starving poor mad. That has many crimes to answer for, but not this one, I think. One may not attribute to t... ...nd Other Essays 164 John Brown was a very good insane man who tried to get fugitives slaves into Virginia. He captured all the inhabitants, but was fi... ...ished for it thirty years later; meantime he was committed a million other crimes: no matter, Henry can pick out the one that brought the worms. W orm...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...nce of New Y ork, was included in the county of Albany pre- viously to the war of the separation. It then became, in a sub- sequent division of territ... ...a tradition which says that the neighboring tribes were accustomed to meet on the banks of the lake to make their treaties, and otherwise to strengthe... ...ellation grew out of the meetings that were held at his council fires; the war drove off the agent, in common with the other officers of the crown; an... ...ainst the hostile Indians, who dwelt about a hundred miles west of Otsego, on the banks of the Cayuga. The whole country was then a wilder- ness, and ... ... the fa’ns standing in the door of my own hut; and for bear’s meat, if one wanted a ham or so, he had only to watch a-nights, and he could shoot one b... ...as now conveying from school to preside over a household that had too long wanted a mistress. When the district in which his estates lay had become su... ...rd that they have added the death of their queen to the long list of their crimes.” “Les monstres!” again murmured Monsieur Le Quoi, turn- ing himself... ...ishable above all the others, shouting and swearing that he would have the fugitives, threatening to bring back Natty in one pocket, and Benjamin in t... ...opinion was freely expressed, as to the pro- priety of seizing such of the fugitives as remained within reach. Men talked of the cave as a secret rece...

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

...than to “Begin, and break off in the middle.” I have, perhaps, said enough on former occasions of the misfortunes which led to the dropping of that ma... ...rce, did not spare the market of literature; and the sudden ruin that fell on so many of the booksellers could scarcely have been expected to leave un... ...ith him and his Whig friends, without thinking on either side of the civil war which was then raging. When the battle of Culloden put an end to the ho... ...t of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war,— “He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, W... ... Rob Roy.” (Loud applause.) Sir Walter Scott here stated that Mrs. Siddons wanted the means but not the will of beginning the Theatrical Fund. He here... ...could replace the loss I had sustained in my best friend and benefactor. I wanted something more than mere companionship could give me, and where was ... ...eep and rapid river Awe is disgorged from the lake just in the rear of the fugitives, and encircles the base of the tremendous moun- tain; so that the... ...s Orestes and OEdipus, as being less the voluntary perpetra- tors of their crimes than as the passive instruments by which the terrible decrees of Des... ...hich in these mountains often brings exalted virtues in contact with great crimes, which, however, are less of- fences of the heart than errors of the...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Three

By: Thomas Carlyle

................................................ 146 Chapter 3.4.II. In Civil War. ......................................................................... ...e sat helpless in her dead cerements of a Consti- tution, you gathering in on her from all lands, with your armaments and plots, your invadings and tr... ...s of History, presents itself under two most diverse aspects; all of black on the one side, all of bright on the other. Whatsoever is cruel in the pan... ...nt; thou Huguenin, with the tocsin in thy heart! But, as Horace says, they wanted the sacred memoir-writer (sacro vate); and we know them not. Men bra... ...ing Galleries; Prussian Brunswick, ‘over a space of forty miles,’ with his war-tumbrils, and sleeping thun- ders, and Briarean ‘sixty-six thousand’ (S... ...f this Wednesday evening ‘past seven o’clock,’ the scene with the military fugitives from Longwi. Wayworn, dusty, disheartened, these poor men enter t... ...Mourir! Die!” answer prompt voices; (Hist. Parl. xvii. 148.) and the dusty fugitives must shrink elsewhither for comfort.—Yes, Mourir, that is now the... ... Roman. Sieyes old-Constituent comes; to make new Constitutions as many as wanted: for the rest, peering out of his clear cautious eyes, he will cower... ...his artillery, behind you this cavalry. You have dishonoured yourselves by crimes. If you amend, and grow to behave like this brave Army which you hav...

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A Book of Golden Deeds

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...and self-devotion. For surely it must be a wholesome contemplation to look on ac- tions, the very essence of which is such entire absorption in others... ...rities have not been given, as for the most [Page] part the narratives lie on the surface of history. For the de- scription of the Coliseum, I have, h... ... savage plun- derer of a besieged town up to the reckless monarch mak- ing war to feed his own ambition. There is a courage that breaks out in bravado... ...ely devoted to the holy work of softening the after sufferings that render war so hideous; whose very step and shadow car- ried gladness and healing t... ...answer that the injury was that the Clusians possessed land that the Gauls wanted, remarking that it was exactly the way in which the Romans themselve... ... Hiram, Solomon’s ally at Tyre, it is plain from Holy Scripture that their crimes were great. The first dispute between Rome and Carthage was about th... ...y this loss, which he had always ex- pected, but sheltered and clothed the fugitives, and raised a great body of archers and of horsemen, with whom he... ...ved, and when the common people were discontented, their cry was that they wanted panem ac Circenses, ‘bread and sports’, the only things they cared f... ... planted the sacred standard at the gates, thus forming a barrier that the fugitives were ashamed to pass. At the same time he, with half his choice c...

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A Child's History of England

By: Charles Dickens

...ater. In the old days, a long, long while ago, before Our Saviour was born on earth and lay asleep in a manger, these Islands were in the same place, ... ...osed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8 in ships to these Islands, ... ...nd trusty animals. The art I mean, is the construction and man agement of war chariots or cars, for which they have ever been celebrated in history. ... ... inhabited it —some of whom had been fetched over to help the Gauls in the war against him —he resolved, as he was so near, to come and conquer Britai... ... when the Roman power all over the world was fast declining, and when Rome wanted all her soldiers at home, the Romans abandoned all hope of conquerin... ...ne. Without whom, the English tongue in which I tell this story might have wanted half its meaning. As it is said that his spirit still inspires some ... ...er, and said, ‘There is a robber sitting at the table yonder, who, for his crimes, is an outlaw in the land—a A Child’s Histroy of England 32 hunted ... ...e than ten thousand of them were killed. It was a dreadful battle, for the fugitives were slain without mercy. The ground for four miles, all the way ... ...wn. The deaths began to decrease, the red crosses slowly to disappear, the fugitives to return, the shops to open, pale fright ened faces to be seen ...

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The Holy Bible

By: Various

... earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 And he said: ... ...e heavens and the earth were nished, and all the furniture of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on t... ...d Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, and Thadal, king of nations, 2 Made war against Bara, king of Sodom, and against Bersa, king of Gomorrha, and a... ...y bought, and brought it in to the king’s treasure. 15 And when the buyers wanted money, all Egypt came to Joseph, saying: Give us bread: why should w... ... de le his couch. 5 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniq- uity waging war. 6 Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their asse... ...eparting from Alus, they pitched their tents in Raphidim, where the people wanted water to drink. 15 And departing from Raphidim, they camped in the d... ... which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may ee to them: and besides these t... ...o the land of Chanaan, 11 Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will. 12 And when the fugitive... ...do thou answer me. 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and o enses. 24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?...

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