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Σελίδα 14
Eleven years passed over : the building society , of which Thomas Brown was a member , was wound up , and Thomas received a cheque on the bank for £ 250 , with which he bought a house , which brought him in eight shillings 2 - week for ...
Eleven years passed over : the building society , of which Thomas Brown was a member , was wound up , and Thomas received a cheque on the bank for £ 250 , with which he bought a house , which brought him in eight shillings 2 - week for ...
Σελίδα 18
Laud and the Earl of Strafford were impeached , and the courts of Star - Chamber and High Commission abolished . A bill was also passed that parliament should not be dissolved unless by its own consent ; and the Commons demanded 18 ...
Laud and the Earl of Strafford were impeached , and the courts of Star - Chamber and High Commission abolished . A bill was also passed that parliament should not be dissolved unless by its own consent ; and the Commons demanded 18 ...
Σελίδα 29
Since then nearly the whole country - having an extent of more than twelve times the British isles — has passed into our hands by treaty or conquest . The government was administered by the East India Company till November , 1858 , when ...
Since then nearly the whole country - having an extent of more than twelve times the British isles — has passed into our hands by treaty or conquest . The government was administered by the East India Company till November , 1858 , when ...
Σελίδα 33
After you had passed several courts , you came to the centre , wherein you might behold the constable himself in his own lodgings , which had windows fronting to each avenue , and ports to sally out upon all occasions of prey or defence ...
After you had passed several courts , you came to the centre , wherein you might behold the constable himself in his own lodgings , which had windows fronting to each avenue , and ports to sally out upon all occasions of prey or defence ...
Σελίδα 48
On the day of the execution of Charles I. the Rump parliamen ! passed an act , declaring it treason to proclaim any one as king , and a few days afterwards they abolished the House of Peers , appointing a council of state to govern the ...
On the day of the execution of Charles I. the Rump parliamen ! passed an act , declaring it treason to proclaim any one as king , and a few days afterwards they abolished the House of Peers , appointing a council of state to govern the ...
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Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 224 - 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 225 - 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.
Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. Young |
| Επιμελητής | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) |
| Έκδοση | 2 |
| Εκδόθηκε | 1870 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | Πανεπιστήμιο Οξφόρδης |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 2 Οκτ. 2006 |
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