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... came here not to treat , but to assert our rights , and to set Scotland free . Let them advance , they will find us prepared . WILLIAM WALLACE . 1. AN obscure individual , of no. WILLIAM WALLACE AND THE TWO FRIARS ...
... came here not to treat , but to assert our rights , and to set Scotland free . Let them advance , they will find us prepared . WILLIAM WALLACE . 1. AN obscure individual , of no. WILLIAM WALLACE AND THE TWO FRIARS ...
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... Scotland , he advanced to Falkirk , where he met the enemy's army , conducted by Wallace , and an obstinate battle again decided the fate of the kingdom . Although Edward had two of his ribs broken by a fall from his horse , in the ...
... Scotland , he advanced to Falkirk , where he met the enemy's army , conducted by Wallace , and an obstinate battle again decided the fate of the kingdom . Although Edward had two of his ribs broken by a fall from his horse , in the ...
Page 198
... Scotland . Wallace , with a few faithful followers , retired among the mountains and marshes , which nature had rendered inaccessible to ar- mies ; and , perceiving that his patriotic exertions inspired the nobles with jealousy , rather ...
... Scotland . Wallace , with a few faithful followers , retired among the mountains and marshes , which nature had rendered inaccessible to ar- mies ; and , perceiving that his patriotic exertions inspired the nobles with jealousy , rather ...
Page 199
... Scotland . The English monarch assembled a parliament at Lincoln , for the purpose of deliberating on the pretensions of the Roman see . papal brief was answered by a manifesto , asserting that Eng- land possessed , from time immemorial ...
... Scotland . The English monarch assembled a parliament at Lincoln , for the purpose of deliberating on the pretensions of the Roman see . papal brief was answered by a manifesto , asserting that Eng- land possessed , from time immemorial ...
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... Scotland , with so nume rous an army , that he penetrated to the extremities of the kingdom , and ravaged the country , without meeting with any considerable resistance , the Scots being unable to oppose so formidable a power . Wallace ...
... Scotland , with so nume rous an army , that he penetrated to the extremities of the kingdom , and ravaged the country , without meeting with any considerable resistance , the Scots being unable to oppose so formidable a power . Wallace ...
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Page 157 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 156 - Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 22 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 330 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 330 - Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man.
Page 104 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 68 - When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands Return'd the fiery column's glow.
Page 69 - No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone ; Our fathers would not know THY ways, And THOU hast left them to their own. But, present still, though now unseen ; When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of THEE a cloudy screen To temper the deceitful ray. And...
Page 351 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 352 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.