 for life in general there is but one decree. Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret. Do not suppose,' he added, smiling, 'that I hold that youth is genius; all that I say is, that genius, when young, is divine. Why, the greatest captains...  Young England: Being Vivian Grey, Coningsby, Sybil, Tancred - Page 144by Benjamin Disraeli - 1904Full view - About this book
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 842 pages
...but could not conquer Jesus ; for " in him was life." (To te continued.) ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNG MEN. DON JOHN, of Austria, won Lepanto at twenty-five —...Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritani. Gaston de Foix was only twenty-two years when he stood a victor on thi? plain of Ravenna.... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 632 pages
...— lend — converse — labour and pray for the fall of Babylon ! anto ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNO MEN. DON JOHN, of Austria, won Lepanto at twenty-five,...Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritani. Gaston de Foix was only twenty-two when he stood a victor on the plain of Ravenna. Every... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1844 - 168 pages
...divine. Why, the greatest captains of ancient and modern times both, conquered Italy at nve-and twenty! Youth, extreme youth, overthrew the Persian Empire....twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern time; had it Dot been for ihe jealousy u(' Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania. Gaston... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...master-piece of Athenian tragedy. There is, however, a good deal of truth in what D'Israeli says : " ' Nay,' said the stranger ; ' for life in general there...Lepanto at twenty-five— the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Biography - 1852 - 224 pages
...— " The greatest captains of ancient and modern times both conquered Italy at five-and -twenty ! Youth, extreme youth, overthrew the Persian Empire. Don John of Austria won Lepanto at twenty -five — the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip,... | |
 | Education - 1857 - 404 pages
...EPC GEEAT YOUNG MEN. Don John of Austria won, at twenty-five, the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next...was only twenty-two when he stood a victor on the plains of llavenna. Every one remembers Conde and Bockroy at the same age. Gustavus Adolphus died at... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 444 pages
...divine. Why, the greatest captains of ancient and modern times both conquered Italy at twenty-five ! Youth, extreme youth, overthrew the Persian empire....Lepanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been emperor of Mauritania.... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...ancient and modern times, botfi conquered Italy at five-and-twenty ! Alexander was very young when he overthrew the Persian empire. Don John of Austria won Lepanto at twenty-five. Gaston-de-Foix was only twenty-two when he stood a victor on the plain of Ravenna. Gustavus Adolphus... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1860 - 520 pages
...everything that is great has been done by youth : not that Sidonia holds that youth is genius : all he says is, that genius, when young, is divine. " Why, the...Lepanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern times ; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania."... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1849 - 588 pages
...master-piece of Athenian tragedy. There is, however, a good deal of truth in what D'lsraeli says : — < < Nay,' said the stranger; ' for life in general there...Lepanto at twenty-five — the greatest battle of modern times; had it not been for the jealousy of Philip, the next year he would have been Emperor of Mauritania.... | |
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