 It was time for this vast man to fall; his excessive weight in human destiny disturbed the balance. This individual alone was of more account than the universal group; such plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the -world mounting...  My Tribute to France... - Pàgina 48per Du Bois Henry Loux - 1918Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | SMITH - 1862 - 924 pàgines
...Here is a paragraph to which we beg attention ; it is the peroration to his account of Waterloo : — It was time for this vast man to fall ; his excessive weight in human destiny disturlwd the balance. This individual was of more account than the universal group ; such plethoras... | |
 | Coleman E. Bishop - 1883 - 384 pàgines
...the battle ? We answer in the negative. Why ? On account of Wellington, on account of Blucher ? No : on account of GOD. Bonaparte, victor at Waterloo,...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1887 - 440 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place : the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall ; his excessive...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world, mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1887 - 360 pàgines
...of God. Napoleon no longer had a place ; the ill-will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall. His excessive...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
 | Henry Washington Hilliard - 1892 - 472 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place ; the ill-will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall ; his excessive weight in human destiny disturbed the balance. . . . Napoleon had been denounced in infinitude and his fall was decided. Waterloo is not a battle,... | |
 | 1894 - 646 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place; the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall; his excessive...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the -world mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1895 - 332 pàgines
...had long been evinced. It was time that this vast man should fall. The excessive weight of this man in human destiny disturbed the balance. This individual...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world, mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they were to... | |
 | 1898 - 524 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place : the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall ; his excessive...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world, mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
 | 1898 - 522 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place: the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall; his excessive...balance. This individual alone was of more account thaii the universal group: such plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world,... | |
 | Orlando Jay Smith - 1904 - 176 pàgines
...in which Napoleon had no longer a place: the ill will of events had been displayed long previously. It was time for this vast man to fall; his excessive...plethoras of human vitality concentrated in a single head — the world, mounting to one man's brain — would be mortal to civilization if they endured.... | |
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