The Royal Readers, Issue 5Nelson, 1879 |
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... called Bel or Belus . The word Baal means " lord , " and was the general name for the strange gods of the nations adjoining Israel , espec- ially of the Phoenicians . " " • Unsmote by the sword . - Because their destruction was ...
... called Bel or Belus . The word Baal means " lord , " and was the general name for the strange gods of the nations adjoining Israel , espec- ially of the Phoenicians . " " • Unsmote by the sword . - Because their destruction was ...
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... called Prairies . The soil is fertile and the vegetation wildly luxuriant ; and as the tall grass waves in the wind over the wide expanse , it resembles the rolling of an emerald ocean . These plains furnish food for countless herds of ...
... called Prairies . The soil is fertile and the vegetation wildly luxuriant ; and as the tall grass waves in the wind over the wide expanse , it resembles the rolling of an emerald ocean . These plains furnish food for countless herds of ...
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... called " snatching the crown from her ances- tral line . " 16 Beside the block . After eighteen years of captivity and exile , Mary was tried for being accessory to Babington's conspiracy ( a plot to assassinate Eliza- beth , to restore ...
... called " snatching the crown from her ances- tral line . " 16 Beside the block . After eighteen years of captivity and exile , Mary was tried for being accessory to Babington's conspiracy ( a plot to assassinate Eliza- beth , to restore ...
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... called to mind how he had seen her sitting on that very spot , and how her book had fallen on her lap , and she was gazing with a pensive face upon the sky . Another told how he had wondered much that one so delicate as she should be so ...
... called to mind how he had seen her sitting on that very spot , and how her book had fallen on her lap , and she was gazing with a pensive face upon the sky . Another told how he had wondered much that one so delicate as she should be so ...
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... called " Lake Poets . " Chief works : The Excursion , The White Doe of Rylstone , The Prelude ; wrote also many lyrical ballads , sonnets , and short poems . The above poem was written in 1842. Wordsworth died 1850 . CHOICE QUOTATIONS ...
... called " Lake Poets . " Chief works : The Excursion , The White Doe of Rylstone , The Prelude ; wrote also many lyrical ballads , sonnets , and short poems . The above poem was written in 1842. Wordsworth died 1850 . CHOICE QUOTATIONS ...
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Page 78 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 228 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 229 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 198 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 9 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 229 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 228 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 228 - But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar!
Page 12 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 21 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.