The Kensington series of lesson books (ed. by J.W. Laurie). Primer, pt, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 9
... George I. , • George II . ( son ) , George III . ( grand- son ) , . · · MEANING . Punishment . Intense interest and zeal , as if inspired . The act of deliberating , ma- ture reflection . Power over ; literally , flowing into or upon ...
... George I. , • George II . ( son ) , George III . ( grand- son ) , . · · MEANING . Punishment . Intense interest and zeal , as if inspired . The act of deliberating , ma- ture reflection . Power over ; literally , flowing into or upon ...
Pàgina 11
... George I. nor his son were able to take part in the deliberations of their ministers in the English language , and they were frequently absent on the Continent . Thus the PERSONAL INFLUENCE of the sovereign considerably DECLINED , and ...
... George I. nor his son were able to take part in the deliberations of their ministers in the English language , and they were frequently absent on the Continent . Thus the PERSONAL INFLUENCE of the sovereign considerably DECLINED , and ...
Pàgina 12
... George I. died of apoplexy , in Hanover , in 1727 , and his son , GEORGE II . , succeeded . He had always been at enmity with his father , and opposed him in everything , and would therefore very likely have dismissed Robert Walpole but ...
... George I. died of apoplexy , in Hanover , in 1727 , and his son , GEORGE II . , succeeded . He had always been at enmity with his father , and opposed him in everything , and would therefore very likely have dismissed Robert Walpole but ...
Pàgina 13
... George I. died in 1727 , and was succeeded by his son George II . Sir Robert Walpole continued to be prime minister . He was bent on maintaining peace and avoiding changes ; but , against his convictions , he consented to a declaration ...
... George I. died in 1727 , and was succeeded by his son George II . Sir Robert Walpole continued to be prime minister . He was bent on maintaining peace and avoiding changes ; but , against his convictions , he consented to a declaration ...
Pàgina 17
... George on a plan of flushing the ditch , by turning the branch of a running stream into it . Accordingly , next morning four men appeared at an appointed time , and worked with Frank for two hours , and so continued to do for a whole ...
... George on a plan of flushing the ditch , by turning the branch of a running stream into it . Accordingly , next morning four men appeared at an appointed time , and worked with Frank for two hours , and so continued to do for a whole ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 271 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Pàgina 201 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pàgina 110 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Pàgina 201 - Though graced with polished manners and fine sense (Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Pàgina 271 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Pàgina 124 - Some glossy-leaved, and shining in the sun, The maple, and the beech of oily nuts Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve Diffusing odours ; nor unnoted pass The sycamore, capricious in attire, Now green, now tawny, and ere autumn yet Have changed the woods, in scarlet honours bright.
Pàgina 64 - A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.
Pàgina 111 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Pàgina 124 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Pàgina 55 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.