 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - Страниц: 280
...deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my...said in my heart, Surely thou art the king of the whole world, the greatest and most invincible of warriors. These armies are no longer mine ; and in... | |
 | William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1850 - Страниц: 490
...severely punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my...strength, I now fall by the hand of an assassin." On his tomb at Meru, in Khorassan, the passenger might read and meditate over the simple inscription... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1851 - Страниц: 362
...from an eminence, I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth Deemed to tremble under my feet, and I said in my heart surely...the confidence of my personal strength, I now fall into the hand of an assassin.' Demetrius Phalereus, a disciple of Theophrastus, gained sucli an influence... | |
 | M A. Meredith - 1852 - Страниц: 194
...Arslan means " valiant lion." as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my...my personal strength, I now fall by the hand of an assasin." Such is life ! It would be well for the world to pause over such lessons and apply them ;... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1854 - Страниц: 316
...deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence, I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies; the earth seemed to tremble under my...strength, I now fall by the hand of an assassin". On his tomb was engraven an inscription, conceived in a similar spirit. " O ye, who have seen the glory... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - Страниц: 502
...deservedly " punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, " the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth seemed to " tremble under...strength, I now fall by the hand of an assassin." 39 Alp Arslan possessed the virtues of a Turk and a Musulman ; his voice and stature commanded the... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 852
...deservedly punished. Yesterday, from an eminence, I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my feet, and I said in ray heart, surely thou art the King of ihe world, the greatest and most invincible of war.iors. These... | |
 | 1860 - Страниц: 654
...the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies ; the earth seemed to tremble under my fwt ; and I said in my heart, ' Surely thou art the king...confidence of my personal strength, I now fall by the hands of an assassin." And so passed away the spirit of the "Brave Lion." His remains were placed in... | |
 | David Thomas - 1870 - Страниц: 396
...has preserved. " Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies ', the 'earth seemed to tremble under...strength, I now fall by the hand of an assassin." The inscription on his tomb invited those who had seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - Страниц: 432
...has preserved. " Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit of my armies; the earth seemed to tremble under my...strength, I now fall by the hand of an assassin." The inscription on his tomb invited those who had seen the glory of Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens,... | |
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I was advised by a sage to humble myself before God; to distrust my own strength; and never to despise the most contemptible foe. I have neglected these lessons ; and my neglect has been deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the... 
