Geographical readers for elementary schools, Bücher 3 |
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... built on the spot in memory of the fight , which has since been known as the battle of Neville's Cross . Three places in Northumberland became famous in these early " border " wars , Otterburn , in the pleasant valley of the Rede ...
... built on the spot in memory of the fight , which has since been known as the battle of Neville's Cross . Three places in Northumberland became famous in these early " border " wars , Otterburn , in the pleasant valley of the Rede ...
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... built eighteen forts , or towers , between the Solway Firth and the Tyne , so that the Roman soldiers who manned them might keep these barbarians back . A later emperor , Hadrian , built a stone wall nearly in the same place , a great ...
... built eighteen forts , or towers , between the Solway Firth and the Tyne , so that the Roman soldiers who manned them might keep these barbarians back . A later emperor , Hadrian , built a stone wall nearly in the same place , a great ...
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... built of the dark blue - grey rock of the slate mountains , and standing in an open valley with towering mountains round it . Every village nestles in its own dale in this lake country ; and a hardy , THE LAKE DISTRICT . 17 In the rural ...
... built of the dark blue - grey rock of the slate mountains , and standing in an open valley with towering mountains round it . Every village nestles in its own dale in this lake country ; and a hardy , THE LAKE DISTRICT . 17 In the rural ...
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... built " ; the moving of the tackle keeps the machines in motion , the moving of the shaft along the ceiling keeps the tackle in motion , the cog- wheel works upon that , and the shaft which comes up from the floor turns the wheel . You ...
... built " ; the moving of the tackle keeps the machines in motion , the moving of the shaft along the ceiling keeps the tackle in motion , the cog- wheel works upon that , and the shaft which comes up from the floor turns the wheel . You ...
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... built by them . And their baths ! Why , there's no building in England now as big and grand as those Roman baths were , with their beautiful pavements and couches , and hot and cold water , and slaves to wait on you - all that heart ...
... built by them . And their baths ! Why , there's no building in England now as big and grand as those Roman baths were , with their beautiful pavements and couches , and hot and cold water , and slaves to wait on you - all that heart ...
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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 35 - 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 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.
Seite 24 - And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever are blending All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, — And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Seite 19 - The rock, like something starting from a sleep, Took up the Lady's voice, and laughed again : That ancient Woman seated on Helm-crag 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...
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 24 - And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping...
Seite 77 - 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, A drowned...
Seite 5 - 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...