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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
Jed them on to the charge ; which afterwards ended i » a complete victory on the side of the Moors . He had no sooner brought his men to the engagement , than finding himself utterly spent , he was again replaced in his litter ; where , laying his finger to his mouth to enjoin secrecy to his' officers who stood about him , he died a few moments after , in that posture .
CLOVIS , KING OF FRANCE , While a Pagan fell in love with Clotilda , a Christian Princess of the Plouse of Burgundwho agreed to marry himonly on
cony , , dition of his becoming a Christian . The King , however , delayed the performance of this condition till five years after his marriage , when being engaged in a desperate battle , and having reason to fear the total defeat of his army , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , and put up this prayeiv— ' God of Oueen Clotilda ! grant me the victory , and I vow to be baptizedand henceforth to worship no other God but
, thee I' He obtained the victor ) -, and on his return , was baptized at Rheims—his sister , and more than three thousand of his subjects followed his example ; and Christianity became the professed religion of France .
CHARLES TrIE TWELFTH , KING OF SWEDEN . Dr . Johnson used to think the Life of this extraordinary Prince , written-b y Voltaire , one of the finest pieces of historical writing in any language . The narrative is entertaining and engaging ; the style excellent ; and this history has the most forcible testimony of
authenticity perhaps ever given to any history , the attestation of the veracity of it , as far as himself was concerned , by one of the principal actors in it , the virtuous Stanislaus , King of Poland , afterwards Duke of Eorraine . Charles wished to give laws not only to kingdoms , but to Science itself . He wished to . altar the usual method of computation by Tens
to Sixes ; and was so impressed with the excellence and utility of Arithmetic , that he used to say , a man who was an indifferent Arithmetician , was only half a man , ' w \ bomme a demi . ' Quintus Curtius was one of the first books put into the hands of Charles ; and on being asked what he thought of its hero , Alexander the Greathe replied' Oh how 1 wish to be like him ! ' 'Why
, , , Sir ? ' replied some one : ' Your Majesty forgets , then , that he died at thirty-two years of age . ' ' Well , surely , he lived long enough , when he had conquered so many kingdoms . ' Being pressed to put the Crown of Poland upon his own head , he nobly replied , ' It is more honourable to give away kingdoms than to conquer t } iem ,
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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
Jed them on to the charge ; which afterwards ended i » a complete victory on the side of the Moors . He had no sooner brought his men to the engagement , than finding himself utterly spent , he was again replaced in his litter ; where , laying his finger to his mouth to enjoin secrecy to his' officers who stood about him , he died a few moments after , in that posture .
CLOVIS , KING OF FRANCE , While a Pagan fell in love with Clotilda , a Christian Princess of the Plouse of Burgundwho agreed to marry himonly on
cony , , dition of his becoming a Christian . The King , however , delayed the performance of this condition till five years after his marriage , when being engaged in a desperate battle , and having reason to fear the total defeat of his army , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , and put up this prayeiv— ' God of Oueen Clotilda ! grant me the victory , and I vow to be baptizedand henceforth to worship no other God but
, thee I' He obtained the victor ) -, and on his return , was baptized at Rheims—his sister , and more than three thousand of his subjects followed his example ; and Christianity became the professed religion of France .
CHARLES TrIE TWELFTH , KING OF SWEDEN . Dr . Johnson used to think the Life of this extraordinary Prince , written-b y Voltaire , one of the finest pieces of historical writing in any language . The narrative is entertaining and engaging ; the style excellent ; and this history has the most forcible testimony of
authenticity perhaps ever given to any history , the attestation of the veracity of it , as far as himself was concerned , by one of the principal actors in it , the virtuous Stanislaus , King of Poland , afterwards Duke of Eorraine . Charles wished to give laws not only to kingdoms , but to Science itself . He wished to . altar the usual method of computation by Tens
to Sixes ; and was so impressed with the excellence and utility of Arithmetic , that he used to say , a man who was an indifferent Arithmetician , was only half a man , ' w \ bomme a demi . ' Quintus Curtius was one of the first books put into the hands of Charles ; and on being asked what he thought of its hero , Alexander the Greathe replied' Oh how 1 wish to be like him ! ' 'Why
, , , Sir ? ' replied some one : ' Your Majesty forgets , then , that he died at thirty-two years of age . ' ' Well , surely , he lived long enough , when he had conquered so many kingdoms . ' Being pressed to put the Crown of Poland upon his own head , he nobly replied , ' It is more honourable to give away kingdoms than to conquer t } iem ,