Our native land, or, Scenes and sketches from British history, by the author of 'Scriptural instruction for the least and lowest'.1855 |
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Pàgina 5
... James Tyrrell ; and the keeper was ordered to deliver up the keys of the Tower to him for one night . In that very night the fearful deed was done . Sir James Tyrrell found some cruel hard - hearted men , accus- tomed to shed blood ...
... James Tyrrell ; and the keeper was ordered to deliver up the keys of the Tower to him for one night . In that very night the fearful deed was done . Sir James Tyrrell found some cruel hard - hearted men , accus- tomed to shed blood ...
Pàgina 21
... James was killed at the battle of Flodden - field , while fighting against the English , and Mar- garet was left a widow with an infant son , of whom we shall hear again as king James V. Henry did not take any undue advantage of his ...
... James was killed at the battle of Flodden - field , while fighting against the English , and Mar- garet was left a widow with an infant son , of whom we shall hear again as king James V. Henry did not take any undue advantage of his ...
Pàgina 73
... James V , was dead , and he had left as his successor , a daughter named Mary , who was as yet too young to govern alone . A plan was formed by the Protector Somerset , which , it was thought , would prove a good one for both England ...
... James V , was dead , and he had left as his successor , a daughter named Mary , who was as yet too young to govern alone . A plan was formed by the Protector Somerset , which , it was thought , would prove a good one for both England ...
Pàgina 117
... been guilty of a grievous crime , in putting to death her dear sister and kinswoman , contrary to her own fixed purpose , as they themselves very well knew . Then she wrote a letter of condolence to James , the son of PROSPEROUS TIMES .
... been guilty of a grievous crime , in putting to death her dear sister and kinswoman , contrary to her own fixed purpose , as they themselves very well knew . Then she wrote a letter of condolence to James , the son of PROSPEROUS TIMES .
Pàgina 118
... James how much she loved him , and how sin- cerely she desired his welfare . And then , in order to assure the young king of Scotland , that these things were her real feelings and sentiments in the matter , she most ungene- rously ...
... James how much she loved him , and how sin- cerely she desired his welfare . And then , in order to assure the young king of Scotland , that these things were her real feelings and sentiments in the matter , she most ungene- rously ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 364 - 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...
Pàgina 164 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Pàgina 57 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Pàgina 57 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels...
Pàgina 353 - To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
Pàgina 272 - Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Pàgina 360 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow...
Pàgina 157 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Pàgina 267 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Pàgina 293 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.