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... nature of the work , be so arranged as to supply con- tinuous reading for every day and week of the year . 2. They are not selected as specimens of the excellence of style , although many articles are necessarily taken from those who ...
... nature of the work , be so arranged as to supply con- tinuous reading for every day and week of the year . 2. They are not selected as specimens of the excellence of style , although many articles are necessarily taken from those who ...
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... nature - the knowledge of the principles and the passions by which men in various ages have been agitated and swayed , and by which events have been brought about . " The first drama that carries us into a period not very remote from ...
... nature - the knowledge of the principles and the passions by which men in various ages have been agitated and swayed , and by which events have been brought about . " The first drama that carries us into a period not very remote from ...
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... manhood : I have belied a lady , The princess of this country , and the air on ' t Revengingly enfeebles me . Or , could this carl , A very drudge of nature's , have subdued me In 12 [ SHAKSPERE HALF - HOURS OF ENGLISH HISTORY .
... manhood : I have belied a lady , The princess of this country , and the air on ' t Revengingly enfeebles me . Or , could this carl , A very drudge of nature's , have subdued me In 12 [ SHAKSPERE HALF - HOURS OF ENGLISH HISTORY .
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... nature's , have subdued me In my profession ? Knighthoods and honours , borne As I wear mine , are titles but of scorn , If that thy gentry , Britain , go before This lout , as he exceeds our lords , the odds Is , that we scarce are men ...
... nature's , have subdued me In my profession ? Knighthoods and honours , borne As I wear mine , are titles but of scorn , If that thy gentry , Britain , go before This lout , as he exceeds our lords , the odds Is , that we scarce are men ...
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... nature , Making the world but one Rome , and one Cæsar ? Shame , how they flee ! Dare they send these to seek us , These Roman girls ? is Britain grown so wanton ? Twice we have beat ' em , Nennius , scatter'd ' em ' ; And thro ' their ...
... nature , Making the world but one Rome , and one Cæsar ? Shame , how they flee ! Dare they send these to seek us , These Roman girls ? is Britain grown so wanton ? Twice we have beat ' em , Nennius , scatter'd ' em ' ; And thro ' their ...
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Abbey ancient Anglo-Saxon archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms army barons battle battle of Hastings Becket bishop blood Bretwalda brother Cæsar called Canute castle cause chroniclers church commanded Conqueror conquest court crown Danes daughter death defeated duke earl Edward Edward the Confessor enemies English Enter father favour fear feudal force France French friends Gloucester Godwin hand Harold hast hath head heart heaven Henry II holy honour horse John King Henry king of England king of Scots king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc London lord Matilda monks Montfort never noble Norman Normandy oath peace person pope possession priest prince prisoner queen reign Ricola Robert Rochester Castle Roman Rome royal Rufus Saxon Scotland Scots sent slain soldiers soul Stephen sword thee Thomas à Becket thou throne took Tower town Tyrrel unto Wallace William William the Conqueror Winchester Wolfstan words
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Page 478 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 452 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Page 566 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 356 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear...
Page 61 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 356 - The verse adorn again Fierce War, and faithful Love, And Truth severe, by fairy Fiction drest. In buskin'd measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast. A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire.
Page 354 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 568 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr...
Page 514 - I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many weeks ere the poor fools will...
Page 417 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king : The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.