Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. YoungFrancis Young (F.R.G.S.) 1870 |
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... England . The Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy also formed by Roman Catholics , with the view of completely rooting out the Protestant religion in England . The houses of parlia- ment were to be blown up , when the king , lords , and ...
... England . The Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy also formed by Roman Catholics , with the view of completely rooting out the Protestant religion in England . The houses of parlia- ment were to be blown up , when the king , lords , and ...
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... England to the king's illegal methods of government . In religious as well as in civil matters , Charles was bent on having his own way under Laud's influence , the courts of Star - Chamber and of High Commission were in full force ...
... England to the king's illegal methods of government . In religious as well as in civil matters , Charles was bent on having his own way under Laud's influence , the courts of Star - Chamber and of High Commission were in full force ...
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... England . Down , down it comes in feathery flakes , dancing about in the air as if the filmy particles were alive and sportively pursuing each other until , gently reaching the earth , there they rest , and gradually cover the landscape ...
... England . Down , down it comes in feathery flakes , dancing about in the air as if the filmy particles were alive and sportively pursuing each other until , gently reaching the earth , there they rest , and gradually cover the landscape ...
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... England . Cromwell immediately marched southward in pursuit , and overtook the Scots at Worcester , where he defeated them on the an- niversary of Dunbar , and Charles , after many adventures , escaped to France . War was declared ...
... England . Cromwell immediately marched southward in pursuit , and overtook the Scots at Worcester , where he defeated them on the an- niversary of Dunbar , and Charles , after many adventures , escaped to France . War was declared ...
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... England again , because I loved my country . I was afraid , however , that I should be indicted for a vagabond once more , so did not much care to go down into the country , but kept about the town , and did little jobs when I could get ...
... England again , because I loved my country . I was afraid , however , that I should be indicted for a vagabond once more , so did not much care to go down into the country , but kept about the town , and did little jobs when I could get ...
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Page 25 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Page 36 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; 'Speed...
Page 37 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Page 36 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Page 226 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture of divine.
Page 97 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Page 37 - 4. At Aerschot up leaped of a sudden the sun, And against him the cattle stood black every one, To stare through the mist at us galloping past ; And I saw my stout galloper, Roland, at last, With resolute shoulders, each butting away The haze, as some bluff river headland its spray : 5.
Page 37 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned ; and cried Joris, " Stay spur ! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her, We'll remember at Aix...
Page 146 - Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever. At length they were watched, the terrible mystery discovered, and father and son summoned to take their trial at Pekin, then an inconsiderable assize town.
Page 227 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground I Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.