| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...of Waterloo prove less momentous than the opening of the first Mechanics' Institute. THOMAS CARLYLE. Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch enchanter's wand ! — itself a nothing! But taking sorcery from the master hand To... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...good are better made by ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still. jacq EDWARD BULWER LYTTON. "DENEATH the rule of men entirely great •^ The pen is mightier than the sword. Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2. Take away the sword, States can be saved without it. iKd. In the lexicon... | |
| James Panton Ham - 1870 - 86 pages
...his play of " Bichelieu," Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton puts into the mouth of that statesman the words, Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. This was the origin of the phrase. Near the be^' ginning of our war, a distinguished publisher, becomS ing... | |
| Willis Brewer - Alabama - 1872 - 726 pages
...and Hon. William Fhiker of Marengo, and Mr. John Vary of Perry, married sisters of Judge Brooks. ' Beneath the rule of men "Entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword." Journalism has no better representative in Alabama than ROBERT McKEE, a citizen of Dallas. He was bom... | |
| Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...common pleasures, To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves. Here was a Caesar ! When comes such another ? BENEATH the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanter's wand ! — itself a nothing ! — But taking sorcery from the master-hand... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Lytton. — Motherwell. 505 EDWARD BULWER LYTTON. Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Riehelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2. Take away the sword ; States can be saved without it ; bring the pen ! Ibid.... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago ! Mar the Lake. EDWARD BULWER LYTTON. 1805-1873. Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2. Take away the sword ; States can be saved without it. ibid. In the lexicon... | |
| Education - 1875 - 942 pages
...indicative; and another with the same verb in the imperative mode. 9. Analyze the following sentence : " Beneath the rule of men entirely great, " The pen is mightier than the sword." 10. Parse the words italicised in the preceding sentence. HON. GEO. P. MARSH, the noted scholar, in... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, John M. Kingdom - 1875 - 418 pages
...other weapons, my good Lord. RICH, (who ha» uated himtelf as to write, lifte the pen]. True — THIS ! Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanter's wand ! — itself a nothing ! — But taking sorcery from the master-hand... | |
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