Rambles by Rivers: The Avon, Том 3C. Knight & Company, 1845 - 253 страници |
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... any higher . It is surmounted by a large copper ball , that was originally brought from Boulogne by Sir Gyles Allerton , when that place was taken by the English in the reign of Henry VIII . So elevated 10 RAMBLES BY RIVERS .
... any higher . It is surmounted by a large copper ball , that was originally brought from Boulogne by Sir Gyles Allerton , when that place was taken by the English in the reign of Henry VIII . So elevated 10 RAMBLES BY RIVERS .
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... taken in a skirmish soon afterwards . Having care- fully examined this plan , with such other documents , contemporary and otherwise , as I could obtain , be- fore visiting Naseby , I fancied I should be able to understand with some ...
... taken in a skirmish soon afterwards . Having care- fully examined this plan , with such other documents , contemporary and otherwise , as I could obtain , be- fore visiting Naseby , I fancied I should be able to understand with some ...
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... taken So Rushworth , but Whitelock says that the letters were " from the chief officers of horse under Fairfax ; " whoever it was wrote them , it is certain that the troops of horse were very anxious for his presence . A more exact and ...
... taken So Rushworth , but Whitelock says that the letters were " from the chief officers of horse under Fairfax ; " whoever it was wrote them , it is certain that the troops of horse were very anxious for his presence . A more exact and ...
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... taken is on the north - eastern side of Naseby field ; the parliament's army occupies the hill about half a mile on the south . The deep hollow is between them . The order of battle is soon formed . On the king's side , Prince Rupert ...
... taken is on the north - eastern side of Naseby field ; the parliament's army occupies the hill about half a mile on the south . The deep hollow is between them . The order of battle is soon formed . On the king's side , Prince Rupert ...
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... taken . Many of them were Irish women of cruel coun- tenances . Some of them were cut in their faces by our soldiers when taken . " Monstrous work that ; one hardly knows whether it was done out of fanaticism or revenge . Perhaps the ...
... taken . Many of them were Irish women of cruel coun- tenances . Some of them were cut in their faces by our soldiers when taken . " Monstrous work that ; one hardly knows whether it was done out of fanaticism or revenge . Perhaps the ...
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Страница 65 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Страница 157 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Страница 194 - Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Страница 98 - London, six oxen were daily eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat; and who had any acquaintance in his family, should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger.
Страница 99 - This story shall the good man teach his son, And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
Страница 6 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to- the wild ocean.
Страница 169 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant as the life of a well-governed Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowe'd up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Страница 134 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...
Страница 224 - The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Страница 26 - Sir, this is none other but the hand of God; and to Him alone belongs the glory, wherein none are to share with Him.