 Beset by a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the rage of man and of the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast,...  The Literary World - Page 51870Full view - About this book
 | 1870 - 778 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...and danger, the rage of man and of the elements, the southem sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine, and disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - 1874 - 978 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like tin; King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the rage of man and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine and disease, delay, disappointment... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - 1877 - 974 pages
...a throng of enemies, lie stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the гаде of Tiiau and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine and disease,... | |
 | John Charles Dent - 1881 - 360 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...and deferred hope, emptied their quivers in vain. Never under the impenetrable mail of paladin or crusader beat a heart of more intrepid mettle than... | |
 | Henry Bruce - 1891 - 276 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. ... To estimate aright the marvels of his patient fortitude, one must follow on his track through the... | |
 | John McConniff - 1892 - 112 pages
...by a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders over them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front hardship and danger, the rage of man and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine and disease, delays, disappointment,... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1893 - 452 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. ... To estimate aright the marvels of his patient fortitude, one must follow on his track through the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1897 - 434 pages
...failures, and hia death. stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine, disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride which,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1897 - 324 pages
...failures, and his death. stands, like the King of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front...southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine, disease, delay, disappointment, and deferred hope emptied their quivers in vain. That very pride which,... | |
 | Edward Gay Mason - 1901 - 352 pages
...a throng of enemies, he stands, like the king of Israel, head and shoulders above them all. He was a tower of adamant, against whose impregnable front, hardship and danger, the rage of men and the elements, the southern sun, the northern blast, fatigue, famine, and disease, delay, disappointment,... | |
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