 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1844 - 340 pages
...Age a regret. Do not suppose," he added smiling, " that I hold that youth is genius ; all that I say is, that genius, when young, is divine. Why the greatest...Lepanto at twentyfive — the greatest battle of modern time ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania.... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 600 pages
...age a regret. Do not suppose,' he added, smiling, ' that I hold that youth is genius; all that I say is, that genius, when young, is divine. Why the greatest...overthrew the Persian empire. Don John "of Austria won I^epanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1844 - 168 pages
...suppose," he added, smiling, "that I hold that • youth is genius; all that I say is, that genins, when young, is divine. Why, the greatest captains...ancient and modern times both, conquered Italy at nve-and twenty! Youth, extreme youth, overthrew the Persian Empire. Don John of Austria won Lepanto... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...age a regret. Do not suppose, he added, smiling, ' that I hold that youth is genius ; all that I say is, that genius, when young, is divine. Why, the greatest captains of ancient and modern Maes both conquered Italy at five-and-twenty ! ' " Such is the text of all Mr. Disraeli's novels. He... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 842 pages
...but could not conquer Jesus ; for " in him was life." (To te continued.) ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNG MEN. DON JOHN, of Austria, won Lepanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern time : had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritani.... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 632 pages
...— lend — converse — labour and pray for the fall of Babylon ! anto ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNO MEN. DON JOHN, of Austria, won Lepanto at twenty-five, — the greatest battle of modern time ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritani.... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...Shouldst thou not hearken, as we pray,— Allah! Father! hear. MlSS PARDOE. ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNG MEN. — Don John, of Austria, won Lepanto at twentyfive, — the greatest battle of modern time: had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Biography - 1852 - 228 pages
...extreme youth, overthrew the Persian I Empire. Don John of Austria won Lepanto at ' twenty -five — the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next I year he would have been Emperor of Mauiitania. I Gaston de Foix was only twenty-two when he stood... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Biography - 1852 - 224 pages
...along, in a* well-known passage, through a famous summary ; the passage is from " Coningsby :" — " The greatest captains of ancient and modern times both conquered Italy at five-and -twenty ! Youth, extreme youth, overthrew the Persian Empire. Don John of Austria won Lepanto... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 588 pages
...age a regret. Do not suppose, he added, smiling, ' that I hold that youth is genius ; all that I say is, that genius, when young, is divine. Why, the greatest...modern times both conquered Italy at five-and-twenty ! ' " Such is the text of all Mr. Disraeli's novels. He displays an extraordinary interest in youth... | |
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Lepanto at twenty-five, the greatest battle of modern time; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania. Gaston de Foix was only twenty-two when he stood a victor on the plain of Ravenna. 
