Historical Illustrations of the Origin and Progress of the Passions, and Their Influence on the Conduct of Mankind: With Some Subordinate Sketches of Human Nature and Human Life, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825 |
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Стр. 113 - One man will be obliged to hear the voice of his son imploring help of his father, when his hands are bound. But certainly our hands are still at liberty, and have a sword in them ; let them, then, be subservient to us in our glorious design ; let us die before we become slaves under our enemies and let us go out of the world, together with our children and our wives, in a state of freedom.
Стр. 432 - Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him.
Стр. 110 - Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
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Стр. 309 - he observed to Major Hook, " have one advantage over us kings of Kandy : — they have counsellors about them, who never allow them to do any thing in a passion, and that is the reason you have so few punishments ; but unfortunately for us, the offender is dead, before our resentment has subsided.
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Стр. 113 - Some of them have been put upon the rack, and tortured with fire and whippings, and so died. Some have been half devoured by wild beasts, and yet have been reserved alive to be devoured by them a second time, in order to afford laughter and sport to our enemies; and such of those as are alive still, are to be looked on as the most miserable, who being so desirous of death, could not come at it.