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... walls and fortifications of cities and towns ; havens and harbors ; antiquities and ruins ; libraries and col- leges ; shipping and navies ; houses and gardens of State and pleasure near great cities ; armories , arsenals , magazines ...
... walls and fortifications of cities and towns ; havens and harbors ; antiquities and ruins ; libraries and col- leges ; shipping and navies ; houses and gardens of State and pleasure near great cities ; armories , arsenals , magazines ...
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... wall , three miles in circumference ; arrival of Augustine and Mellitus , in the beginning of the seventh century , sent by Pope Gregory the First from Rome to establish Chris- tianity ; the almost entire destruction of the city by fire ...
... wall , three miles in circumference ; arrival of Augustine and Mellitus , in the beginning of the seventh century , sent by Pope Gregory the First from Rome to establish Chris- tianity ; the almost entire destruction of the city by fire ...
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... walls that seem heavy with the dust of ages ! Eight centuries ago they were gay with pictures and hang- ings of tapestry , with statue of king and martyr and Reflections . St. Paul's . sainted eremite , resplendent with CHAPTER FIFTH . 39.
... walls that seem heavy with the dust of ages ! Eight centuries ago they were gay with pictures and hang- ings of tapestry , with statue of king and martyr and Reflections . St. Paul's . sainted eremite , resplendent with CHAPTER FIFTH . 39.
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... walls , five hundred feet -breadth two hundred and eighty - six - circuit two thousand two hundred and ninety - two ... wall . The ground plan is that of a Latin cross , and the principal uses are as an Observatory , for no one can say ...
... walls , five hundred feet -breadth two hundred and eighty - six - circuit two thousand two hundred and ninety - two ... wall . The ground plan is that of a Latin cross , and the principal uses are as an Observatory , for no one can say ...
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... wall of which is let the famous stone up- on which Jack Cade sat and proclaimed himself Lord Mayor of London ; St. Peter's , Cornhill , containing a tablet with this inscription : “ Be it known unto all men that in the year of our Lord ...
... wall of which is let the famous stone up- on which Jack Cade sat and proclaimed himself Lord Mayor of London ; St. Peter's , Cornhill , containing a tablet with this inscription : “ Be it known unto all men that in the year of our Lord ...
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Page 157 - 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 157 - 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 171 - 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 171 - 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 157 - 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 60 - 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 171 - 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 175 - 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...