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130 GRAND STREET 89 WALKER STREET A. H. JOCELYN abreuve nos sillons Amen American battle battle of Hastings blest British national called Carey chorus citoyens competitors DCCC LXI E Pluribus Unum enemies England English Englishmen evermore excited Fanny Kemble favor feeling formez vos bataillons Gentleman's Magazine GEORGE W God save GRANT WHITE harmony heart Henry Carey honor Hozanna Jacobite John Bull liberty LIGHT lines live LYRIC AND NATIONAL manuscripts Marchons Marseillaise national airs national hymn never noble O'er origin Pinxt popular prize qu'un sang impur race reign rhyme RICHARD BY GRANT Roman de Rou RUDD & CARLETON Rule Britannia sang impur abreuve save our Fatherland Save the King Scotch Sculp sentiment sing songs received soul spirit stanza Star-Spangled Banner STREET AND GEORGE sung thee thou throne tion verses victorious voice WHITE NEW YORK words and music writers WRITTEN A LYRIC
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Page x - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Page 26 - Tremblez, tyrans, et vous, perfides. L'opprobre de tous les partis ; Tremblez ! vos projets parricides, Vont enfin recevoir leur prix ! Tout est soldat pour vous combattre ; S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros.
Page viii - God save great George our king ! Long live our noble king! God save the king!
Page 26 - Amour sacré de la Patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs. Liberté, liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs. Sous nos drapeaux, que la Victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents : Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! Aux armes, citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons : Marchons, qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons.
Page 25 - Allons, enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ; Contre nous de la tyrannie L'étendard sanglant est levé.
Page x - God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us! God save the King! O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall ; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix — God save us all!
Page 18 - Allons, enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrive, Contre nous, de la tyrannic, L'etendard sanglant est leve, L'etendard sanglant est leve.
Page 16 - An entire body of the rebels marched off the field in order, with their pipes playing, and the pretender's standard displayed ; the rest were routed with great slaughter ; and their prince was with reluctance prevailed upon to retire. In less than thirty minutes they were totally defeated, and the field covered with the slain. The road, as far as Inverness, was strewed with dead bodies; and a great number of people, who from motives of curiosity had come to see the battle, were sacrificed to the...
Page 60 - And has done so since first the Chaldean began it, Now and then, as she counts them, and measures their years, Brings into our system and names a new planet. Yet the old and new stars, Venus, Neptune, and Mars, As they drive round the sun their invisible cars, Whether faster or slower their races are run, Are " E Pluribus Unum "—of many made one.