 Crusaders were but ignorant and savage man, that their motives were those of bigotry unmitigated, and that their pathway was one of blood and tears. Romance, on the other hand, dilates upon their piety and heroism, and portrays, in her most glowing and...  Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novelby Kurt Vonnegut - 2009No preview available - About this book
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854
...dropped almost as soon as spoken of, to be renewed again, still more feebly, at some longer interval. Now what was the grand result of all these struggles...expended millions of her treasures, and the blood of two millions of her children ; and a handful of quarrelsome knights retained possession of Palestine for... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854
...upon their piety and heroism, and portrays, in her most glowing and impassioned hues, their virtue -and magnanimity, the imperishable honor they acquired...the great services they rendered to Christianity. \Уе propose to ransack the stores of both, ¡nul discover the true spirit that animated t lie motlcv... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854
...upon their piety and heroism, and portrays, in her most glowing and impassioned hues, their virtue and magnanimity, the imperishable honor they acquired for themselves, and the great services thev rendered to Christianity. We propose tu ransack the stores of both, and discover the true spirit... | |
 | Helmbrecht Breinig - American fiction - 1984 - 428 pages
...heroism of The Three Musketeers,' portrayed, in the most glowing and impassioned hues, their virtue and magnanimity, the imperishable honor they acquired for themselves, and the great services they renderedtoChristianity" (44). Freese hat daraufhingewiesen, daß dies eine wörtliche Aufnahme einer... | |
 | Charles MacKay - Psychology - 2004 - 212 pages
...pourtrays in her most glowing and impassioned hues their virtue and magnanimity, the imperishable honour they acquired for themselves, and the great services they rendered to Christianity. In the following pages we shall ransack the stores of both, to discover the true spirit that animated... | |
 | Marc Regler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 60 pages
...the 'madness' of the crusade is not presented in its sheer cruelty, but in its historical outcome. "Now what was the grand result of all these struggles?...retained possession of Palestine for about one hundred years!"52 Thus it is still based on the belief the past is to be judged as a teleological process which... | |
 | Charles MacKay - Psychology - 2007 - 196 pages
...pourtrays in her most glowing and impassioned hues their virtue and magnanimity, the imperishable honour they acquired for themselves, and the great services they rendered to Christianity. In the following pages we shall ransack the stores of both, to discover the true spirit that animated... | |
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