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... hundred of the Norman horsemen . William , finding the citizens obstinately opposed to him , and deeming it inexpedient to undertake the siege of London in the winter season , marched westward , leaving Southwark in ashes , and sat down ...
... hundred of the Norman horsemen . William , finding the citizens obstinately opposed to him , and deeming it inexpedient to undertake the siege of London in the winter season , marched westward , leaving Southwark in ashes , and sat down ...
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... hundred houses in London . It could scarcely have been the White Tower which surrendered to the breath of this great tempest , however prejudicial it may have proved to the frail tenements of the citizens . It may , therefore , be ...
... hundred houses in London . It could scarcely have been the White Tower which surrendered to the breath of this great tempest , however prejudicial it may have proved to the frail tenements of the citizens . It may , therefore , be ...
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... hundred and fifty men . When the hunters discovered this fact , they would willingly have returned home again , but the shortness of the days made this impossible . They therefore found themselves compelled to ask hospitality of the ...
... hundred and fifty men . When the hunters discovered this fact , they would willingly have returned home again , but the shortness of the days made this impossible . They therefore found themselves compelled to ask hospitality of the ...
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... hundred . At length we entered on the widening bay of Delaware . It was so cold that ice a quarter of an inch thick was formed on deck , and this on the 20th of April , in the latitude of Lisbon . The number of white - sailed craft ...
... hundred . At length we entered on the widening bay of Delaware . It was so cold that ice a quarter of an inch thick was formed on deck , and this on the 20th of April , in the latitude of Lisbon . The number of white - sailed craft ...
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... hundred yards of the point , many specimens of a pretty moth flew on board ; they were Geometræ , with angular wings , of a rich velvety cream colour , without spots . A very fine individual of the black swallow- tail butterfly ...
... hundred yards of the point , many specimens of a pretty moth flew on board ; they were Geometræ , with angular wings , of a rich velvety cream colour , without spots . A very fine individual of the black swallow- tail butterfly ...
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Page 450 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Page 322 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 451 - Report not. No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here — thou fill'st The solitude. Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.
Page 152 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that nature wears.
Page 404 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Page 202 - ... bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn...
Page 202 - I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 408 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases.
Page 135 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.