The training school reader. [Ed.] by W.J. Unwin. 2nd book, division 1William Jordan Unwin 1853 |
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... duke of Nor- mandy . The former two he vanquished : in the battle of Hastings he lost both life and crown . - Outlines of History . LESSON XV . - FRIDAY . PROPHECY - THE JEWISH PEOPLE . The decay and dilapidation of kingdoms take place ...
... duke of Nor- mandy . The former two he vanquished : in the battle of Hastings he lost both life and crown . - Outlines of History . LESSON XV . - FRIDAY . PROPHECY - THE JEWISH PEOPLE . The decay and dilapidation of kingdoms take place ...
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... duke of Gloucester , endeavoured to recover her rights , and to dethrone the usurper . A civil war of twenty years inflicted on the nation an amount of misery and suffering scarcely to be exceeded , and from which no station , age , or ...
... duke of Gloucester , endeavoured to recover her rights , and to dethrone the usurper . A civil war of twenty years inflicted on the nation an amount of misery and suffering scarcely to be exceeded , and from which no station , age , or ...
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... Arthur , the son of his elder brother Geoffrey , duke of Brittany , whose claims were supported by the king of France , and acknow- ledged by all the continental dominions of John . During 48 ENGLISH HISTORY - PLANTAGENET LINE . [ SECT . I.
... Arthur , the son of his elder brother Geoffrey , duke of Brittany , whose claims were supported by the king of France , and acknow- ledged by all the continental dominions of John . During 48 ENGLISH HISTORY - PLANTAGENET LINE . [ SECT . I.
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... duke of Gloucester , to whose authority even the king was compelled to submit . At his instigation , the Commons demanded the dismissal of his rivals , the earls of Suffolk and Oxford , Richard's favourite ministers . The king gave up ...
... duke of Gloucester , to whose authority even the king was compelled to submit . At his instigation , the Commons demanded the dismissal of his rivals , the earls of Suffolk and Oxford , Richard's favourite ministers . The king gave up ...
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... duke of Bed- ford regent ; but , during his absence in France , the office was held by the duke of Gloucester . The war in France continued , and for several years the English arms were generally victorious . At the battle of Verneuil ...
... duke of Bed- ford regent ; but , during his absence in France , the office was held by the duke of Gloucester . The war in France continued , and for several years the English arms were generally victorious . At the battle of Verneuil ...
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Страница 105 - MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Страница 22 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Страница 8 - I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer I had before given — that, for anything I knew, the watch might have been always there.
Страница 40 - Excelsior! ,O stay,' the maiden said, ,and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered with a sigh, Excelsior! ,Beware the pine-tree's withered branch! Beware the awful avalanche!
Страница 76 - Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Страница 66 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low, the woods Bow their hoar head ; and, ere the languid Sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Страница 58 - See Salem built, the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, . And endless her increase.
Страница 39 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Страница 77 - How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.
Страница 9 - ... the watch must have had a maker ; that there must have existed, at some time and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.