The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...Scott, Foresman and Company, 1921 |
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Page 105
... sword ; and on the stone were written these words : " Whoso can draw forth this sword is rightful King of Britain 15 born . " At once there were fierce quarrels , each man clamoring to be the first to try his fortune , none doubting his ...
... sword ; and on the stone were written these words : " Whoso can draw forth this sword is rightful King of Britain 15 born . " At once there were fierce quarrels , each man clamoring to be the first to try his fortune , none doubting his ...
Page 106
... sword as easily as from a scabbard ; then , mounting his horse and think- ing no marvel of what he had done , he rode after his brother and handed him the weapon . When Kay looked at it , he saw at once that it was the won- 10 drous sword ...
... sword as easily as from a scabbard ; then , mounting his horse and think- ing no marvel of what he had done , he rode after his brother and handed him the weapon . When Kay looked at it , he saw at once that it was the won- 10 drous sword ...
Page 112
... sword before her . Then the lady quailed at that sight . Her heart was filled with 5 hate , but she said : " Go your way , proud King of a petty realm . Rule well your race of miserable mortals , since it pleases you more than to bear ...
... sword before her . Then the lady quailed at that sight . Her heart was filled with 5 hate , but she said : " Go your way , proud King of a petty realm . Rule well your race of miserable mortals , since it pleases you more than to bear ...
Page 113
... sword and on foot . " " I , too , will alight , " said Pellinore ; " small honor to me were it if I slew thee on foot , I being horsed the while . " So they encountered each other on foot , and so fiercely they fought that they hewed ...
... sword and on foot . " " I , too , will alight , " said Pellinore ; " small honor to me were it if I slew thee on foot , I being horsed the while . " So they encountered each other on foot , and so fiercely they fought that they hewed ...
Page 114
... sword . " " That is easily done , " answered Merlin ; " follow me , and I will bring you where ye shall get you a sword , the wonder of 26 the world . ” So , though his wounds pained him sore , the King followed Merlin by many a forest ...
... sword . " " That is easily done , " answered Merlin ; " follow me , and I will bring you where ye shall get you a sword , the wonder of 26 the world . ” So , though his wounds pained him sore , the King followed Merlin by many a forest ...
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Page 473 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths— for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 276 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 274 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 276 - Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 275 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed; and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 275 - No, Sir, she has none. They are meant for us, they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
Page 256 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ; For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave ; Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 297 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 275 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 274 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?