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... Father Thames : ' the river Thames , the largest river The Thames . in England , here widening to an almost majestic size , yet not too wide for thoroughfare - the direct communication between London and the sea on the one hand ...
... Father Thames : ' the river Thames , the largest river The Thames . in England , here widening to an almost majestic size , yet not too wide for thoroughfare - the direct communication between London and the sea on the one hand ...
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... father Saba , ' as his wild sons used to call him , when they envied the fragments of white bread ' which they saw the bishop give him in the Eucharist . ( Bede , ii . 5. ) The fine de- scription of the Abbey by Montalembert ( Moines de ...
... father Saba , ' as his wild sons used to call him , when they envied the fragments of white bread ' which they saw the bishop give him in the Eucharist . ( Bede , ii . 5. ) The fine de- scription of the Abbey by Montalembert ( Moines de ...
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... - pears from the story of Wolsey and the Jester . For the abolition of the Danegelt see Cambridge Life , 922 , 1884 ; Oxford Life , 302 . maternal grandfather Richard were more to him than his father CHAP . I. 13 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR .
... - pears from the story of Wolsey and the Jester . For the abolition of the Danegelt see Cambridge Life , 922 , 1884 ; Oxford Life , 302 . maternal grandfather Richard were more to him than his father CHAP . I. 13 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR .
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... father of the Scottish Low- lands . of the These were the qualities and circumstances which went to Foundation make up the Founder of Westminster Abbey . We have Abbey . now to ask , What special motive induced the selection of this ...
... father of the Scottish Low- lands . of the These were the qualities and circumstances which went to Foundation make up the Founder of Westminster Abbey . We have Abbey . now to ask , What special motive induced the selection of this ...
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... la Noblesse de France , v . 57 ) says Turlogh O'Brian , King of Ireland , presented William Rufus with Irish oak for the roof of followed the precedent of his father's coronation in the Abbey CHAP . II . 41 THE NORMAN KINGS .
... la Noblesse de France , v . 57 ) says Turlogh O'Brian , King of Ireland , presented William Rufus with Irish oak for the roof of followed the precedent of his father's coronation in the Abbey CHAP . II . 41 THE NORMAN KINGS .
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Page 162 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 283 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Page 218 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 259 - At the moment in which he expired, he uttered, with an energy of voice, that expressed the most fervent devotion, two lines of his own version of Dies Irae: My God, my father, and my friend, Do not forsake me in my end.
Page 265 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart.
Page 165 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 97 - Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royallest seed That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man died for sin: Here the bones of birth have cried 'Though gods they were, as men they died!
Page 341 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage : If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, — Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.
Page 392 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 171 - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; ' In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, graced with scars and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught and led the way to heaven.