 | English literature - 1808 - 606 pages
...whilst the tears ran down his checks, he Ctossed himself, and. only said, Fiat voluntas tua! and bora it with a wonderful patience. . It was a sad spectacle, and truly it afi'ecu ibenow whilst I am writing.' After tbe fell of Baicelona, Lord Peterborough began bis marcli... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 614 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, 1 FIAT VOLUNTAS TIIA ! ' and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad spectacle, and truly it affects me even now whilst J am writing." How lightly are such private calamities touched upon in history, and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 618 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, ' FIAT VOLUNTAS TI1A ! ' and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad spectacle, and truly it affects me even now whilst I am writing." How lightly are such private calamities touched upon in history, and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 614 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, ' FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA !** and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad spectacle, and trulf it affects me even now whilst I am writing." How lightly are such private calamities touched... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 1024 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, " Fiat voluntas tua ! " and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad...and truly it affects me now whilst I am writing. The Karl of Peterborow, though for some time after the revolution he had been employed in civil affairs,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pages
...wonderful patienec. It was a sad spectacle, and truly it aflects me now whilst I am writing. The Karl w and then this neighbour ; no work to be done, but...by the labour of my hands ; and I used to say, 1 carl, did well deserve this motto, "Tarn Marte quam Mercurio;" for truly he behaved, all the time he... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, " Fiat voluntas tua ! " and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad spectacle, and truly it allects me now whilst I am writing. The Earl of Peterborow, though for some time after the revolution... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1847 - 674 pages
...to heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, only said, fiat voluntas tua ! and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad spectacle, and truly it affects me even now whilst I am writing." Sad and mournful in detail are the scenes whose sum makes up the glorious... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1854 - 546 pages
...heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, Fiat voluntas tua! and bore it with a wonderful patience. It was a sad...afterwards created an earl, did well deserve this motto, TamMarte quam Mercurio ; for truly he behaved, all the time he continued in Spain, as if he had been... | |
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St. Antonio, and entirely struck off the head of the son. The father immediately rose up, first looking down upon his headless child, and then lifting up his eyes to heaven, whilst the tears ran down his cheeks, he crossed himself, and only said, Fiat... 