 | Robert Smith - 1846 - 434 pagina’s
...both Texas and Oregon ? It was an ancient Roman, touched, perhaps, by a transient gleam of'Christian truth, who said, when he turned aside from a career...conquest, that he would rather save the life of a single citi118 119 ten than become master of all the dominions of Mithhdates. " A war with Mexico would be... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 436 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relations of fellowcountrymen, and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...Mithridates. A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly ; with England it would be bold at least, though parricidal. The heart sickens at the murderous attack... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 554 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relation of fellowcountryman, and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...would rather save the life of a single citizen than win to his power all the dominions of Mithridates.1 A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly; with... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 556 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relation of fellowcountryman, and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...would rather save the life of a single citizen than win to his power all the dominions of Mithridates.1 A war with Mexico would he mean and cowardly; with... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 360 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relation of fellowcountryman, and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...would rather save the life of a single citizen than win to his power all the dominions of Mithridates.1 A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly; with... | |
 | 1881 - 710 pagina’s
...Roman, touched, perhaps, by a transient gleam of Christian truth, who said, when he turned aside f.-om a career of Asiatic conquest, that he would rather...of a single citizen than become master of all the dominion* of Mithridatcs. A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly ; but with England it would... | |
 | Lewis George Janes - 1886 - 336 pagina’s
...emperor both professed and practised in accordance with the humane maxim of Scipio, which asserted that he would rather save the life of a single citizen than cause the death of a thousand enemies. There is no reliable evidence of the persecution of the Christians... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1893 - 144 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relation of fellowcountryman, and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...would rather save the life of a single citizen than win to his power all the dominions of Mithridates.1 A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly; with... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1901 - 372 pagina’s
...Christian truth, touched only by the relation of fellow-countryman and not of fellow-man, said, as he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest,...would rather save the life of a single citizen than win to his power all the dominions of Mithridates. A war with Mexico would be mean and cowardly ; with... | |
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Christian truth, who said, when he turned aside from a career of Asiatic conquest, that he would rather save the life of a single citizen than become master of all the dominions of Mithridates. 