An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1886 - Great Britain |
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... seen or heard . A dreadful din was wont To grate the sense , when enter'd here , from groans And howls of slaves condemn'd , from clink of chains And crash of rusty bars and creaking hinges : And ever and anon the sight was dash'd With ...
... seen or heard . A dreadful din was wont To grate the sense , when enter'd here , from groans And howls of slaves condemn'd , from clink of chains And crash of rusty bars and creaking hinges : And ever and anon the sight was dash'd With ...
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... seen many of these epidemics die away and come to nothing -except in doing mischief to indiyiduals . " But , to put aside all such rubbish and perverted learning , if you are determined to let an " Old Shropshire Oak " speak his mind ...
... seen many of these epidemics die away and come to nothing -except in doing mischief to indiyiduals . " But , to put aside all such rubbish and perverted learning , if you are determined to let an " Old Shropshire Oak " speak his mind ...
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... seen from other references . ' A.D. 688. This year Ina succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons , and held it thirty - seven years , and he built the minster at Glastonbury ; ' a name which he said was of recent introduction , for ...
... seen from other references . ' A.D. 688. This year Ina succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons , and held it thirty - seven years , and he built the minster at Glastonbury ; ' a name which he said was of recent introduction , for ...
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... seen in the land of the South Saxons . ' A.D. 793. This year dire forewarnings came over the land of the North - humbrians and miserably terrified the people ; there were excessive whirlwinds and lightnings , and fiery dragons were seen ...
... seen in the land of the South Saxons . ' A.D. 793. This year dire forewarnings came over the land of the North - humbrians and miserably terrified the people ; there were excessive whirlwinds and lightnings , and fiery dragons were seen ...
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... seen in my days he anticipated in his . And he used to add , " Perhaps the axe will not deal so ruthlessly with our trunks when trade and shipping shall bring in virgin timber from yet unknown nations . " And there was again a pause ...
... seen in my days he anticipated in his . And he used to add , " Perhaps the axe will not deal so ruthlessly with our trunks when trade and shipping shall bring in virgin timber from yet unknown nations . " And there was again a pause ...
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Abbey abbot aged amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon beautiful Bishop bridge Britons brook call to mind Camden Cenred Christian church coins Coleham common coracle Crida Cruckton curious Cymry Danes district Domesday doubt Druids Eddred England Esla Eyton fish forefathers forest ground heard heart of oak hypocaust king knew known land leaves lived look Lord Marton Pool matter mentioned Meole Minsterley modern never Norman Old Oak Old Oak's locality old Saxon old Tredithic once Oswy passage passed Pengwerne perhaps pleasant Pontesbury Pontesford priest of Hanwood reader recollect referred remarks river river Rea Roman rustling Scrobbesbyrig seemed seen Severn Shrewsbury Shropshire sort South Saxons speak spot Stiperstones stone stream Talking Friend tell things thou thought time-honoured father told took tree turn Uriconium Varangian Varangian Guard venerable father visited Wales Welsh wild wood words Wroxeter
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Page 52 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 23 - I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great Ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled.
Page 259 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 24 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ?. Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough Winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page 259 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee.
Page 36 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 36 - Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.
Page 44 - Every one that flatters thee Is no friend in misery. Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. Every man will be thy friend Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend; But if store of crowns be scant, No man will supply thy want. If that one be prodigal, Bountiful they will him call, And with such-like flattering,
Page 150 - But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That, so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way, sailing. Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Page 45 - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.