Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. YoungFrancis Young (F.R.G.S.) 1870 |
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Σελίδα 16
... successful in his plan of colonizing Ulster , where the estates of the rebel lords had been confiscated in the previous reign ; these were now broken up into allotments and distributed among English and Scottish 16 SIXTH EXCELSIOR READER .
... successful in his plan of colonizing Ulster , where the estates of the rebel lords had been confiscated in the previous reign ; these were now broken up into allotments and distributed among English and Scottish 16 SIXTH EXCELSIOR READER .
Σελίδα 63
... success induced many adherents of doubtful character to join the standard of the covenanters , and soon an army was collected . The Duke of Monmouth , an illegitimate son of Charles by Lucy Walters , was hastily sent down to command the ...
... success induced many adherents of doubtful character to join the standard of the covenanters , and soon an army was collected . The Duke of Monmouth , an illegitimate son of Charles by Lucy Walters , was hastily sent down to command the ...
Σελίδα 80
... successful . In England no blood was shed , and it would have been well if Scotland and Ireland had accepted the change as quietly . The Highland clans rose under Viscount Dundee , but were soon suppressed after the fall of their leader ...
... successful . In England no blood was shed , and it would have been well if Scotland and Ireland had accepted the change as quietly . The Highland clans rose under Viscount Dundee , but were soon suppressed after the fall of their leader ...
Σελίδα 81
... successful , his armies would have overrun the continent . This war was terminated by the peace of Ryswick , 1697 . Queen Mary died in 1694 , William being left as sole ruler until 1702. His death was caused in that year by a severe ...
... successful , his armies would have overrun the continent . This war was terminated by the peace of Ryswick , 1697 . Queen Mary died in 1694 , William being left as sole ruler until 1702. His death was caused in that year by a severe ...
Σελίδα 108
... success that ere long the lark will probably be heard in almost every wood , and fowls be found round every cottage door . Cockatoos , and other birds of the parrot tribe , are very numerous among 108 SIXTH EXCELSIOR READER .
... success that ere long the lark will probably be heard in almost every wood , and fowls be found round every cottage door . Cockatoos , and other birds of the parrot tribe , are very numerous among 108 SIXTH EXCELSIOR READER .
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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 226 - 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 227 - 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.