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... called it THE COUNTRY OF SEA - CLIFTS . " Tradition asserts that it was built a thousand years before the Christian Era , by Brutus , the grandson of Eneas , short- ly after the siege of Troy . Equally veiled is the origin of Historical ...
... called it THE COUNTRY OF SEA - CLIFTS . " Tradition asserts that it was built a thousand years before the Christian Era , by Brutus , the grandson of Eneas , short- ly after the siege of Troy . Equally veiled is the origin of Historical ...
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... called it LUDSTOWN , from whence , by an easy transition , it became LUD - TOWN- LUN - TOWN - LONDON ! The leading vicissitudes of this famed metropolis are in brief terms : the erection , during the reign of Constantine , of a wall ...
... called it LUDSTOWN , from whence , by an easy transition , it became LUD - TOWN- LUN - TOWN - LONDON ! The leading vicissitudes of this famed metropolis are in brief terms : the erection , during the reign of Constantine , of a wall ...
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... called the " RAT'S DUNGEON . " At high water , numberless rats sought shelter in this hideous cavern till the tide had subsided , and here hundreds of prisoners were thrust when the rack was unavailing to extort a confession , and where ...
... called the " RAT'S DUNGEON . " At high water , numberless rats sought shelter in this hideous cavern till the tide had subsided , and here hundreds of prisoners were thrust when the rack was unavailing to extort a confession , and where ...
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... called East , and the other West - MINSTER ( church of a monastery . ) During the occupancy of London by the Danes , this Abbey Church ( built in 610 ) was wautonly destroyed ; but in the year 958 King Edgar set about re- Entrance ...
... called East , and the other West - MINSTER ( church of a monastery . ) During the occupancy of London by the Danes , this Abbey Church ( built in 610 ) was wautonly destroyed ; but in the year 958 King Edgar set about re- Entrance ...
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... called Cockneys . It was from the belfry of this church that there went forth the prophetic summons : " Turn again , Whittington , Lord Mayor of London . " which , though apocryphal , hand down to us the name of an eminent benefactor of ...
... called Cockneys . It was from the belfry of this church that there went forth the prophetic summons : " Turn again , Whittington , Lord Mayor of London . " which , though apocryphal , hand down to us the name of an eminent benefactor of ...
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Page 159 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 158 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 167 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along, — I heard, or seemed to hear, The German songs we used to sing in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting...
Page 167 - Bingen on the Rhine. Tell my brothers and companions, when they meet and crowd around, To hear my mournful story, in the pleasant vineyard ground, That we fought the battle bravely; and when the day was done, Full many a corse lay ghastly pale beneath the setting sun. And 'midst the dead and dying...
Page 159 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 56 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Page 167 - Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age. And I was aye a truant bird, that thought his home a cage; For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leaped forth to hear him tell of struggles fierce and wild; And when he died, and left us to divide his scanty hoard, I let them take whate'er they would, but kept my father's sword, And with boyish love I hung it where the bright light used to shine, On the...
Page 19 - THE SEA. The Sea ! the Sea ! the open Sea ! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round ; It plays with the clouds ; it mocks the skies ; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Page 27 - THE stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 171 - 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...