Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter, Band 61867 |
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... " said the dying monarch , " I be- queath it to no one , as I did not receive it , like the duchy of Normandy , in inheritance from my father , but acquired it by conquest and the shedding of blood The Death of the Conqueror . 3.
... " said the dying monarch , " I be- queath it to no one , as I did not receive it , like the duchy of Normandy , in inheritance from my father , but acquired it by conquest and the shedding of blood The Death of the Conqueror . 3.
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Penny readings Joseph Edwards Carpenter. but acquired it by conquest and the shedding of blood with mine own good sword . The succession to that kingdom I therefore leave to the decision of God , only desiring most fervently that my son ...
Penny readings Joseph Edwards Carpenter. but acquired it by conquest and the shedding of blood with mine own good sword . The succession to that kingdom I therefore leave to the decision of God , only desiring most fervently that my son ...
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... blood doth glow , Make it clap its hands and crow ! Lo ! the christ'ning day hath come , Little sisters , little brother , Gaze with wonder on the infant , In the arms of mother ; Lo ! they lave with drops its brow , And its name is ...
... blood doth glow , Make it clap its hands and crow ! Lo ! the christ'ning day hath come , Little sisters , little brother , Gaze with wonder on the infant , In the arms of mother ; Lo ! they lave with drops its brow , And its name is ...
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... than Man just now ! Courage ! crush'd and stricken Rachel , Weeping blood - drops day and night , Recollect , the darkest storm - clouds Have a lining bright ! And no cloud by Him is sent That's not fleec'd 16 Little Charlie .
... than Man just now ! Courage ! crush'd and stricken Rachel , Weeping blood - drops day and night , Recollect , the darkest storm - clouds Have a lining bright ! And no cloud by Him is sent That's not fleec'd 16 Little Charlie .
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... blood - letting , Perchance she may have fits ! -They are seldom mortal , Save when the doctor's sent for.- Though I have heard some husbands say , and wisely , A woman's honour is her safest guard , Yet there's some virtue in a lock ...
... blood - letting , Perchance she may have fits ! -They are seldom mortal , Save when the doctor's sent for.- Though I have heard some husbands say , and wisely , A woman's honour is her safest guard , Yet there's some virtue in a lock ...
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Adams answered appeared arms better blood born Brown called carried child church close cried dark death deep Duke eyes face fair fall father fear feel fire follow give given hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hope horse hour Italy lady land leave light live look Lord Messrs morning mother nature never night o'er once passed Penny pleasant poor present prove published Readings rose round seemed shillings side song soon soul sound stand stood success sure sweet tears tell thee things thou thought took town Trulliber turned Tyke voice walked wife wind young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 134 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
Seite 137 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble...
Seite 159 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them...
Seite 133 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Seite 190 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length. "Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, And do not tremble so; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever wind did blow.
Seite 135 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Seite 138 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Seite 173 - Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake, Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms; And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead ; All lovely tales that we have heard or read: An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the Heaven's brink.
Seite 41 - 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.
Seite 77 - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I...