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... eastern coast . They have , also , much of their history in common , for Northumberland is a border county , and Durham has shared with it in the fortunes of war . The title of " border county " has no meaning for us now ; because , for ...
... eastern coast . They have , also , much of their history in common , for Northumberland is a border county , and Durham has shared with it in the fortunes of war . The title of " border county " has no meaning for us now ; because , for ...
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... east from those flowing west in all the northern counties ; in other words , these mountains form the watershed of this part of England . These hills , too , are high , wild moorlands , with deep bogs , patches of heather , and great ...
... east from those flowing west in all the northern counties ; in other words , these mountains form the watershed of this part of England . These hills , too , are high , wild moorlands , with deep bogs , patches of heather , and great ...
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... east is a coal - field , reaching from the Coquet in Northumberland to the south of Durham , where all the mining villages are , and where there is the smoke of many blast furnaces ; for iron , as well as coal , is found in this ...
... east is a coal - field , reaching from the Coquet in Northumberland to the south of Durham , where all the mining villages are , and where there is the smoke of many blast furnaces ; for iron , as well as coal , is found in this ...
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... east and south coast towns with coal , as well as a good deal of the continent . It reaches from the Tees to the Coquet ; there it ceases , and re - appears further north , having a length of eighty miles in all , and a breadth of from ...
... east and south coast towns with coal , as well as a good deal of the continent . It reaches from the Tees to the Coquet ; there it ceases , and re - appears further north , having a length of eighty miles in all , and a breadth of from ...
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... east , the continuation of the Pennine Chain . Cross Fell , 2900 feet , the highest point in the range , is in Cumberland . In the dreary moors about Alston , farther north , there are important lead mines , and silver is found with the ...
... east , the continuation of the Pennine Chain . Cross Fell , 2900 feet , the highest point in the range , is in Cumberland . In the dreary moors about Alston , farther north , there are important lead mines , and silver is found with the ...
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Seite 201 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Seite 31 - The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Seite 177 - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Seite 20 - And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping...
Seite 17 - Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-scar, And the tall steep of Silver-how, sent forth A noise of laughter ; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone ; Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the lady's voice ; old Skiddaw blew His speaking-trumpet ; back out of the clouds Of Glaramara southward came the voice ; And Kirkstone tossed it from his misty head.
Seite 302 - It is with the landing of Hengest and his war-band at Ebbsfleet on the shores of the Isle of Thanet that English history begins. No spot in Britain can be so sacred to Englishmen as that which first felt the tread of English feet.
Seite 141 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Seite 73 - MARY, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home Across the sands of Dee '; The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see. The rolling mist came down and hid the land: And never home came she. ' Oh ! is it weed, or fish, or floating hair, A tress of golden hair...
Seite 3 - The noble Earl was slain : He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long...
Seite 205 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.