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Page 42
... This flag Can neither fly nor yield ! " 20. They girt the standard round about , A wall of flashing steel ; But still they heard the battle - cry : " Olea for Castile ! " 21. And there , against all Aragon , Full - 42 BUTLER'S SERIES .
... This flag Can neither fly nor yield ! " 20. They girt the standard round about , A wall of flashing steel ; But still they heard the battle - cry : " Olea for Castile ! " 21. And there , against all Aragon , Full - 42 BUTLER'S SERIES .
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... round and killed the riders . 10. All this was bravely done ; but it could not recover the battle , now that King Harold's wise orders had once been disobeyed . The English line was broken ; the hill was defenseless at many points ; so ...
... round and killed the riders . 10. All this was bravely done ; but it could not recover the battle , now that King Harold's wise orders had once been disobeyed . The English line was broken ; the hill was defenseless at many points ; so ...
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... round , water - worn , and loose pebbles and gravel . Wear , a dam in a river , to stop and raise the water . Qu'sel , a bird of the thrush family . 2. Dăņk , damp . Mark'y , dark ; gloomy . Cowl , a covering for the head . 14. THE ...
... round , water - worn , and loose pebbles and gravel . Wear , a dam in a river , to stop and raise the water . Qu'sel , a bird of the thrush family . 2. Dăņk , damp . Mark'y , dark ; gloomy . Cowl , a covering for the head . 14. THE ...
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... round for fuel . Hunger rings the bell , and orders up coal in the shape of savory meats . Should the summons be neglected , the garnered fat , as we have seen , is thrown into the grate , to keep the furnace in play . 13. If , on the ...
... round for fuel . Hunger rings the bell , and orders up coal in the shape of savory meats . Should the summons be neglected , the garnered fat , as we have seen , is thrown into the grate , to keep the furnace in play . 13. If , on the ...
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... round the shriven , And he climbed the lofty ladder as it were the path to heaven ; Then came a flash from out the cloud , and a stunning thunder - roll , And no man dared to look aloft , for fear was on every soul . There was another ...
... round the shriven , And he climbed the lofty ladder as it were the path to heaven ; Then came a flash from out the cloud , and a stunning thunder - roll , And no man dared to look aloft , for fear was on every soul . There was another ...
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Page 296 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 178 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
Page 309 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place...
Page 107 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 96 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 376 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 310 - Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 313 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 183 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, — with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 311 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.