 | David Hume - 1859 - 820 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed that every thing was possible for him ; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore while the tide was rising, and as the waters approached he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 232 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed that everything was possible for him : upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed, that everything was possible for him; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 546 trang
...things would be obedient to his command. Canute, sensible of their adulation, is said to have taken the" following method to reprove them. He ordered his chair...tide was coming in, and commanded the sea to retire. 10. " Thou art under my dominion," cried he, "the land upon which I sit is mine ; I charge thee, therefore,... | |
 | David Hume - 1864 - 654 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed, that every thing was possible for him ; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the seashore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who... | |
 | William Chambers - 1865 - 220 trang
...would be obedient to his command. In order to reprove their adulation, he caused his chair to be placed on the sea-shore while the tide was coming in, and commanded the waves to retire. The sea, however, continued to advance, and at length surrounded his chair, whereupon... | |
 | William Chambers - 1866 - 104 trang
...would be obedient to his command. In order to reprove their adulation, he caused his chair to be placed on the sea-shore while the tide was coming in, and commanded the waves to retire. The sea, however, continued to advance, and at length surrounded his chair, whereupon... | |
 | David Hume - 1869 - 822 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed that every thing was possible for him ; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore while the tide was rising, and as the waters approached he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who.... | |
 | Emil Otto - 1869 - 192 trang
...grandeur, exclaimed that every thing2 was3 possible [for] him: upon which4 the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising, aud as the waters approached, 2 he i commanded them6 to retire6 and to obey the voice6 of him7... | |
 | London univ, exam. papers - 1871 - 294 trang
...his grandeur, exclaimed, that everything was possible for him ; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire and to obey the voice of him who... | |
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Some of his flatterers breaking out one day in admiration of his grandeur, exclaimed that every thing was possible for him ; upon which the monarch, it is said, ordered his chair to be set on the sea-shore, while the tide was rising ; and as the waters... 
