| Henry Hallam - Europe - 1818 - 554 pages
...eulogy is written in the disgraces of succeeding times, and the miseries of Europe. He stands alone like a- beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was as the bow of Ulysses, which * See an essay upon this project in the -f- I apprehend that... | |
| Wilkins Tannehill - Literature - 1827 - 354 pages
...inclined to revolt. "In the history of the times," says the historian of the middle ages, "he stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses, which could not be drawn by any weaker hand. His reign a solitary resting... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1832 - 428 pages
...for a long time, his favorite residence. 8. Charlemagne was a luminary in a dark age, and an eminent patron of learning. " He stands alone," says Hallam,...rock in the broad ocean." His court was frequented by Alaiin and other learned men ; and he endeavored to dispel the profound ignorance which generally prevailed.... | |
| Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen - 1836 - 402 pages
...eminentiam Caroli supra praedecessores successoresque pulcbris hisce designavit verbis: »He stands alone, like a beacon (upon a waste, or a rock in the broad Ocean." (За) Coëgerunt patrem ad regnum inter se partiundum. Diploma hac de re confectum WAOEHABIUM latuisse... | |
| William Jones - 1838 - 708 pages
...the disgraces of those who succeeded him, and the miseries of Europe. " He stands alone," says Mr. Hallam, "like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. In the dark ages rf European history, the reign of Charlemagne affords a solitary resting-place between... | |
| Henry White - History - 1844 - 594 pages
...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr. 1 .I alia m thus sums up his character : " He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 pages
...eulogy is written in the disgraces of succeeding times, and the miseries of Europe. He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses, which could not be drawn by any weaker hand. In the dark ages of European... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1848 - 402 pages
...luminary in a dark age, and an eminent patron of learning. " He stands alone," says Hallam, -' hke a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean."...his zeal for religion by compelling those whom he subilued to receive Christian baptism, on the pain of being either made slaves or of suffering death.... | |
| Henry White - 1848 - 704 pages
...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr Hal lam thus sums up his character : u He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving... | |
| Henry White - History - 1849 - 592 pages
...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr. Halfem thus sums up his character : " He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving... | |
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