The national reading books, adapted to the government code. adapted to the new code, 1871, Volume 5 |
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... heard of her conduct , he burst into tears , exclaiming , " God help me , even my own children are deserting me ! " Finding that he could not trust even his army , he re- turned to London , to provide for the safety of his wife and ...
... heard of her conduct , he burst into tears , exclaiming , " God help me , even my own children are deserting me ! " Finding that he could not trust even his army , he re- turned to London , to provide for the safety of his wife and ...
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... heard in all the streets . Tears and lament- ations were in every house , especially during the first part of the visitation : for afterwards death was so con- stantly before men's eyes , that they did not concern themselves so much for ...
... heard in all the streets . Tears and lament- ations were in every house , especially during the first part of the visitation : for afterwards death was so con- stantly before men's eyes , that they did not concern themselves so much for ...
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... heard to exclaim from the gallery , at the name of Fairfax , “ He has too much sense to be here ! " When the king entered , the soldiers , incited by Axtell their commander , grossly insulted him ; the people , meantime , said nothing ...
... heard to exclaim from the gallery , at the name of Fairfax , “ He has too much sense to be here ! " When the king entered , the soldiers , incited by Axtell their commander , grossly insulted him ; the people , meantime , said nothing ...
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... heard , resounded in every direction ; a vast number of persons , men and women , fainted ; and as the shrieks of females began to preponderate , several troops of horse , marching up from Charing - cross , pressed upon the vast ...
... heard , resounded in every direction ; a vast number of persons , men and women , fainted ; and as the shrieks of females began to preponderate , several troops of horse , marching up from Charing - cross , pressed upon the vast ...
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... , and all that was heard of the fleet and army were reports which , from time to time came in , that a squadron had foundered off the coast of Scotland , that another had been wrecked 32 [ STANDARD THE SPANISH ARMADA .
... , and all that was heard of the fleet and army were reports which , from time to time came in , that a squadron had foundered off the coast of Scotland , that another had been wrecked 32 [ STANDARD THE SPANISH ARMADA .
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Abbey animal appeared Archbishop Sancroft battle body Boussard brought Brussels called child church Claire cried crowd dead death donkey door Elizabeth England English eyes father fear fell force frog gentleman give hand Hardy head heard heart Henry Henry VII Hougoumont Izaak Izaak Walton James king labour Lady Lady Hamilton land lighthouse little Lizzy living Lizzy London look Mary matter morning Nelson never night o'er once passed PERKIN WARBECK poor Prince Puss queen queen of Scots Raleigh replied Richard Hooker Roman Catholic rope round Rump Parliament scarcely seemed seen ships shore side silent soon standing storm streets surgeon thee thing thou thought Timmins tobacco tombs took trainbands turned Vauxhall Gardens vessel village voice wages walk waves wife wild wind words workmen
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Página 94 - ... falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Página 92 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Página 91 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' ' I see,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
Página 91 - As I looked upon him, he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from any thing I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival...
Página 199 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Página 200 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor; And where the gardener Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, 'Tis now become a history little...
Página 197 - HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove ! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, $ Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year ? Delightful visitant, with thee I hail the time of flowers, 10 And hear the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers.
Página 93 - Alas ! ' said I, ' man was made in vain ; how is he given away to misery and mortality, tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! ' " The genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. ' Look no more,' said he, ' on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Página 91 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs...
Página 190 - The insurance offices one and all shut up shop. People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world. Thus this custom of firing houses continued...