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... army ; military order and discipline were established ; and each tribe marched in succession under its own leaders , with its banner displayed , and took up its position in the ap- pointed quarter of the camp . The whole number of ...
... army ; military order and discipline were established ; and each tribe marched in succession under its own leaders , with its banner displayed , and took up its position in the ap- pointed quarter of the camp . The whole number of ...
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... army at Mizpeh , it was discovered that no man had been sent from Jabesh - Gilead , to join the camp ; whereupon it was immediately resolved , that twelve thousand soldiers should be despatched to put all the inhabitants of that town to ...
... army at Mizpeh , it was discovered that no man had been sent from Jabesh - Gilead , to join the camp ; whereupon it was immediately resolved , that twelve thousand soldiers should be despatched to put all the inhabitants of that town to ...
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... army of more than two hundred thousand men , and a train of artillery in which were three hundred cannon , very effective engines at that time . Charles the Fifth , Duke of Lorrain , com- pelled to give way to such an overwhelming force ...
... army of more than two hundred thousand men , and a train of artillery in which were three hundred cannon , very effective engines at that time . Charles the Fifth , Duke of Lorrain , com- pelled to give way to such an overwhelming force ...
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... army of locusts in South Africa , so great as to cover thickly a space of two thousand square miles . They perished at last in the sea , and the dead bodies that were thrown upon the coast , formed a bank three or four feet high , and ...
... army of locusts in South Africa , so great as to cover thickly a space of two thousand square miles . They perished at last in the sea , and the dead bodies that were thrown upon the coast , formed a bank three or four feet high , and ...
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... carry his body with the army into Scotland , and not commit it to the grave , till that country was com- pletely subdued . Written for the present Work . L II . BRUCE'S STRUGGLES TO RECOVER THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF SCOTTISH HISTORY . 161.
... carry his body with the army into Scotland , and not commit it to the grave , till that country was com- pletely subdued . Written for the present Work . L II . BRUCE'S STRUGGLES TO RECOVER THE INDEPEN- DENCE OF SCOTTISH HISTORY . 161.
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198 ページ - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm...
198 ページ - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
206 ページ - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
206 ページ - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.
222 ページ - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
200 ページ - Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
213 ページ - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
208 ページ - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
28 ページ - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
198 ページ - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.