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... side of the Cheviots , you might , any night , have had your cattle and growing crops carried off , and your house burnt over your head . Three of our kings , the first three Edwards , carried on a long war with Scotland , which they ...
... side of the Cheviots , you might , any night , have had your cattle and growing crops carried off , and your house burnt over your head . Three of our kings , the first three Edwards , carried on a long war with Scotland , which they ...
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... side the victory lay ; but the sun rose on a day of heavy mourning for Scotland . The " Flowers of the Forest , " the bravest and noblest of her sons , lay by hundreds dead upon the field ; and , amongst the rest , was the king , so ...
... side the victory lay ; but the sun rose on a day of heavy mourning for Scotland . The " Flowers of the Forest , " the bravest and noblest of her sons , lay by hundreds dead upon the field ; and , amongst the rest , was the king , so ...
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... side of the Tyne . Tynemouth , North Shields , and South Shields are all trading towns . Close to South Shields is Jarrow . Gateshead , Jarrow , and South Shields , being south of the Tyne , are in Durham . Sunderland , at the mouth of ...
... side of the Tyne . Tynemouth , North Shields , and South Shields are all trading towns . Close to South Shields is Jarrow . Gateshead , Jarrow , and South Shields , being south of the Tyne , are in Durham . Sunderland , at the mouth of ...
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... side . When all the gates have been driven , the coal - mine is a little like a town with many streets , some wide , and some narrow , with great pillars of coal here and there , like buildings . The men who hew the coal are lowered ...
... side . When all the gates have been driven , the coal - mine is a little like a town with many streets , some wide , and some narrow , with great pillars of coal here and there , like buildings . The men who hew the coal are lowered ...
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... side , for - save for a short interval - eight or ten hours together . His work is done by the glimmer of a small ... sides of the mine . We all know that the gas with which our houses are lighted is made from coal , and that , if this ...
... side , for - save for a short interval - eight or ten hours together . His work is done by the glimmer of a small ... sides of the mine . We all know that the gas with which our houses are lighted is made from coal , and that , if this ...
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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.