Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with notes and intr. by R.F. Charles, Volume 5Richard Fletcher Charles 1882 |
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... battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon the skilful conduct of the general , Miltiades , being everywhere talked about , he was observed to be thoughtful and re- served , alone by himself ; he passed the nights without ...
... battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon the skilful conduct of the general , Miltiades , being everywhere talked about , he was observed to be thoughtful and re- served , alone by himself ; he passed the nights without ...
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... battle array . " " The earth shall quake before them ; the heavens shall tremble ; the sun and the moon shall be dark , and the stars shall withdraw their shining . " " How do the beasts groan ! the herds of cattle are perplexed ...
... battle array . " " The earth shall quake before them ; the heavens shall tremble ; the sun and the moon shall be dark , and the stars shall withdraw their shining . " " How do the beasts groan ! the herds of cattle are perplexed ...
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... battle wince ; With valour tart as pungent quince , He slew the vaunting Gaul . Rest there awhile , my bearded lance , While from green curtain I advance To yon footlight , no trivial dance , And tell the town what sad mischance Did ...
... battle wince ; With valour tart as pungent quince , He slew the vaunting Gaul . Rest there awhile , my bearded lance , While from green curtain I advance To yon footlight , no trivial dance , And tell the town what sad mischance Did ...
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... battles of Cressy and of Poitiers . I will not now go into the origin of the war , of which these two battles formed the turning - points . It is enough for us to remember that it was undertaken by Edward III . to gain the crown of ...
... battles of Cressy and of Poitiers . I will not now go into the origin of the war , of which these two battles formed the turning - points . It is enough for us to remember that it was undertaken by Edward III . to gain the crown of ...
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... battle whatever . First , where was it fought ? secondly , why was it fought ? thirdly , how was it won ? and fourthly , what was the result of it ? And to this I must add , in the present instance , what part was taken in it by the ...
... battle whatever . First , where was it fought ? secondly , why was it fought ? thirdly , how was it won ? and fourthly , what was the result of it ? And to this I must add , in the present instance , what part was taken in it by the ...
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Page 98 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 43 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 293 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 306 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it...
Page 166 - I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain...
Page 292 - Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 112 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 141 - I thought of this, and I was glad, For thought of them had made me mad; But I was curious to ascend To my barr'd windows, and to bend Once more, upon the mountains high, The quiet of a loving eye.
Page 159 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 119 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. " And there forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die ; 'Tvvas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.