This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here; But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here; But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'ld jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips. LXII. 1. What views have been held concerning the date, composition, and mode of preservation of the Homeric poems? 2. Name the chief settlements of the Phoenicians, and give a sketch of the extent and character of their enterprise. 3. Contrast the influence of mountains, rivers, and seacoast on the development of national civilisation. 4. Draw characters of any two of the following persons, justifying your estimate of them by reference to history: Themistocles, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Savonarola, Henry VIII., Francis Bacon, Marlborough, Warren Hastings, Robespierre. 5. Give a brief account of (1) the Athenian expedition to Syracuse, or (2) the insurrection in Spain under Q. Sertorius. 6. How did the Carlovingian dynasty rise to sovereignty, and for what period did they retain it? How far did the dominion of Charlemagne extend at the time of his death? 7. Give the approximate dates of the principal Crusades, describing briefly the distinctive features of any which you remember. 8. Give a sketch of the progress of ecclesiastical architecture in England from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1400. 9. For what reasons does a state punish offenders against its laws? Why does it not reward those who j do right, as well as punish those who do wrong? 10. What events do you connect with the following places--Mantinea, Cannae, Bedriacum, Senlac, Canossa, Worms, Barcel...
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