Readings in prose and verse: or, No.iv of a new series of school-books |
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... army to drive the Saracens out of Pal- estine , William not only gave him a large sum of money to help him to raise and equip his army , but likewise sent his brother , Da vid Earl of Huntingdon , with a considerable body of troops , to ...
... army to drive the Saracens out of Pal- estine , William not only gave him a large sum of money to help him to raise and equip his army , but likewise sent his brother , Da vid Earl of Huntingdon , with a considerable body of troops , to ...
Page 93
... , were call- ed Normandy . The Scots , whose country was at once poor and mountainous , had hith- erto held these rovers at defiance . But in the year 1263 , Haco , King of Norway , at the head of a powerful fleet and army , came to 93.
... , were call- ed Normandy . The Scots , whose country was at once poor and mountainous , had hith- erto held these rovers at defiance . But in the year 1263 , Haco , King of Norway , at the head of a powerful fleet and army , came to 93.
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... army , with their King Alexander at their head , defeated the Danes and Norwegians in a great battle ; and it was with the utmost difficulty that Haco got the remnant of his scattered forces on board of such vessels as remained from a ...
... army , with their King Alexander at their head , defeated the Danes and Norwegians in a great battle ; and it was with the utmost difficulty that Haco got the remnant of his scattered forces on board of such vessels as remained from a ...
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... army , compelling all ranks of people to submit to him . He removed to London the records of the kingdom of Scot- land , and was at the pains to transport to the Abbey Church at Westminster a great stone , upon which it had been the ...
... army , compelling all ranks of people to submit to him . He removed to London the records of the kingdom of Scot- land , and was at the pains to transport to the Abbey Church at Westminster a great stone , upon which it had been the ...
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... army , with which he proposed to restore his country to independence . To quell these rebellious Scots , as the Eng- lish called them , John de Warenne entered Scotland at the head of a numerous and well- appointed army . At his ...
... army , with which he proposed to restore his country to independence . To quell these rebellious Scots , as the Eng- lish called them , John de Warenne entered Scotland at the head of a numerous and well- appointed army . At his ...
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army Baliol battle beast beautiful behold bird brave bread brother called cloth coat colour corn creature cried cuckoo dreamed a dream Eagle earth English eyes Falkirk famine father William feet flax flowers green ground hand hath heaven HISTORY OF SCOTLAND Hugh Cressingham Ishmaelites Israel Joseph said unto killed kind King of England King of Scotland kingdom kingdom of Scotland land of Canaan land of Egypt Lion live look Lord maid Maid of Norway mamma mill mountains nest night Norway parlour plant pony Potiphar pray prey prison Queen of Scotland raoh sack Scots Scottish sent sheep smoke sorrow spring steam stone Swallow sweet tell thee thing thou hast thy servant tree turned unto his brethren unto Joseph Wallace William the Lion Willy wings wood wool young youth
Popular passages
Page 62 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 65 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Page 65 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 63 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Page 120 - OFT I had heard of Lucy Gray : And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green ; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. " To-night will be a stormy night — You to the town must go ; And take a lantern, child, to light Your mother through the snow.
Page 130 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Page 22 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 131 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 131 - God, the life and light •*• Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, — Those hues, that mark the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.
Page 68 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.