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... called Great Britain and Ire ' - land , and a great number of smaller ones . Great Britain is the largest island in Europe , and consists of Scot ' - land , or North Britain , in the north , and England and Wales in the south . The ...
... called Great Britain and Ire ' - land , and a great number of smaller ones . Great Britain is the largest island in Europe , and consists of Scot ' - land , or North Britain , in the north , and England and Wales in the south . The ...
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... called the capital . England means " The land of the Angles , " and it gets this name from one of the three tribes of Saxons who conquered the country in the 6th century . Wales means " foreigners . " The Saxons called the Britons ...
... called the capital . England means " The land of the Angles , " and it gets this name from one of the three tribes of Saxons who conquered the country in the 6th century . Wales means " foreigners . " The Saxons called the Britons ...
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... called because they were formerly governed by counts or earls . Shire is another name given to the counties . It comes from a Saxon word " sciran , " to divide - hence a shire is a division of the country . Alfred the Great , who ...
... called because they were formerly governed by counts or earls . Shire is another name given to the counties . It comes from a Saxon word " sciran , " to divide - hence a shire is a division of the country . Alfred the Great , who ...
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... called the " Garden of England " on account of its beauty and fertility . The Channel Islands are the only remains of the great possessions we once had in France . They have belonged to England since the Norman Conquest ( 1066 ) . On ...
... called the " Garden of England " on account of its beauty and fertility . The Channel Islands are the only remains of the great possessions we once had in France . They have belonged to England since the Norman Conquest ( 1066 ) . On ...
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... called " Cheviots , " is raised on them . ( b ) The Pennine Range is a continuation of the Cheviots , and extends through the counties of North - um - ber - land , Cum ' - ber - land , Dur ' - ham , West - mor - land , York ' - shire ...
... called " Cheviots , " is raised on them . ( b ) The Pennine Range is a continuation of the Cheviots , and extends through the counties of North - um - ber - land , Cum ' - ber - land , Dur ' - ham , West - mor - land , York ' - shire ...
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Page 26 - SOME murmur, when their sky is clear And wholly bright to view, If one small speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue. And some with thankful love are filled, If but one streak of light, One ray of God's good mercy gild The darkness of their night.
Page 9 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 30 - Speak gently to the little child ! Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it in accents soft and mild ; It may not long remain.
Page 15 - There was a little man, And he had a little gun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead ; He went to the brook, And saw a little duck, And shot it through the head, head, head.
Page 7 - Descries, athwart the abyss of night, The dawn of uncreated light. Night is the time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his followers do; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God.
Page 12 - Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act — act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Page 39 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 29 - To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No— all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought.
Page 10 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 63 - WE scatter seeds with careless hand, And dream we ne'er shall see them more ; But for a thousand years Their fruit appears, In weeds that mar the land, Or healthful store. The deeds we do, the words we say, — Into still air they seem to fleet, We count them ever past ; But they shall last, — In the dread judgment they And we shall meet.