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... . ' Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war - cloud , rolling dun , Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout ' mid their sulphurous canopy . 1 7. The combat deepens . On , ye brave , THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN . 19.
... . ' Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war - cloud , rolling dun , Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout ' mid their sulphurous canopy . 1 7. The combat deepens . On , ye brave , THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN . 19.
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... clouds of smoke . The strife grew fiercer between the contending armies , and few were left when the battle was over . Frank - The ancient name for the French . Hun -- The Huns were the Scythians who conquered Hungary and settled there ...
... clouds of smoke . The strife grew fiercer between the contending armies , and few were left when the battle was over . Frank - The ancient name for the French . Hun -- The Huns were the Scythians who conquered Hungary and settled there ...
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... cloud the brightest and most welcome cloud , to us , that ever hid the face of Heaven's fallen sister - Home . : 3. Dim speck as it was in the wide prospect , it made the sunrise a more cheerful sight , and gave to it that sort of human ...
... cloud the brightest and most welcome cloud , to us , that ever hid the face of Heaven's fallen sister - Home . : 3. Dim speck as it was in the wide prospect , it made the sunrise a more cheerful sight , and gave to it that sort of human ...
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... cloud . Still we swept onward like a phantom ship , and many an eager eye glanced up to where the look - out on the mast kept watch for Holyhead . 7. At length his long - expected cry was heard , and at the same moment there shone out ...
... cloud . Still we swept onward like a phantom ship , and many an eager eye glanced up to where the look - out on the mast kept watch for Holyhead . 7. At length his long - expected cry was heard , and at the same moment there shone out ...
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... cloud . It was soon reached and passed , while all were merry and full of congratulation at the near prospect of Home . The next day brought a freshening breeze , and towards evening there was haze with a drizzling rain . The revolving ...
... cloud . It was soon reached and passed , while all were merry and full of congratulation at the near prospect of Home . The next day brought a freshening breeze , and towards evening there was haze with a drizzling rain . The revolving ...
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Adjectives are formed Barm Barmacide battle began Ben Wyvis Bo-bo born brave called Captain Phipps castle Charles Dickens cloth clouds crew cried cuirassiers death deck enemy England English Erckmann-Chatrian exact meaning EXERCISES.-1 father Fcap fire fish formed by adding formed from nouns Franklin Give the exact Gout green hand happy Hardy Haroun Al-Raschid head heard heaven Ho-ti holly-tree honour horse king land Learn to labour leaves lesson live look master morning Moses never night Nouns are formed o'er Parse Parse and analyse-The perioeci pleasure poems poet poor pron QUESTIONS River Teith round sailors sails Sally Brown Saracen sentences to show Shac Shacabac ship silver soon SUMMARY.-The thee things thou tion treasure verbs vessel Warwick Castle wife wild wind Winkle words young youth
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Page 231 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow! When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger's troubled night depart And the star of peace return. Then, then, ye ocean warriors ! Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow!
Page 228 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered...
Page 94 - ... would certainly have stoned them for a couple of abominable wretches who could think of improving upon the good meat which God had sent them. Nevertheless, strange stories got about. It was observed that Ho-ti's cottage was burnt down now more frequently than ever. Nothing but fires from this time forward.
Page 190 - Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers; And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook; Or by a cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Page 16 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 189 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel ; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Page 62 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 145 - I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
Page 228 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.
Page 113 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.