Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. YoungFrancis Young (F.R.G.S.) 1870 |
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... causes them to be verdant in spring and fruitful in summer . The engraving which accompanies this brief account of snow and its formation in the atmosphere , exhibits some of the varied and beautiful forms that snow crystals present ...
... causes them to be verdant in spring and fruitful in summer . The engraving which accompanies this brief account of snow and its formation in the atmosphere , exhibits some of the varied and beautiful forms that snow crystals present ...
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... caused the first disturbance ; but it was very soon sub- dued by Cromwell . In Ireland , where in general the people were favourable to the royal cause , the Prince of Wales had been proclaimed king ; and Cromwell , being appointed lord ...
... caused the first disturbance ; but it was very soon sub- dued by Cromwell . In Ireland , where in general the people were favourable to the royal cause , the Prince of Wales had been proclaimed king ; and Cromwell , being appointed lord ...
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... cause was headed by the Marquis of Montrose , which however failed , and the brave royalist leader was hanged at Edinburgh . The Scottish army was commanded by David Leslie , who , had he been allowed to follow his own policy , would ...
... cause was headed by the Marquis of Montrose , which however failed , and the brave royalist leader was hanged at Edinburgh . The Scottish army was commanded by David Leslie , who , had he been allowed to follow his own policy , would ...
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... cause , and suffered for it in purse as well as in person . He married Catherine of Braganza , a princess of Portugal , who brought him Bombay in the East Indies , and Tangier in Morocco , as a dowry . Bombay was soon after made over to ...
... cause , and suffered for it in purse as well as in person . He married Catherine of Braganza , a princess of Portugal , who brought him Bombay in the East Indies , and Tangier in Morocco , as a dowry . Bombay was soon after made over to ...
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... caused much regret , as he was in high favour with all classes . He was married to Anne , the heiress of Buccleuch , and was thus the ancestor of the now noble house of that name , so justly popular in Scotland and deservedly esteemed ...
... caused much regret , as he was in high favour with all classes . He was married to Anne , the heiress of Buccleuch , and was thus the ancestor of the now noble house of that name , so justly popular in Scotland and deservedly esteemed ...
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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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!
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.