The Kensington series of lesson books (ed. by J.W. Laurie). Primer, pt, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 9
... Lords and Commons , met upon the supposition of this vacancy , both Houses came to this resolution : - " That King James II . , having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom , by breaking the original contract between ...
... Lords and Commons , met upon the supposition of this vacancy , both Houses came to this resolution : - " That King James II . , having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom , by breaking the original contract between ...
Pàgina 10
... Lords and Commons , the trustees and representatives of the nation . For there are no other hands in which it can be so properly intrusted ; and there is a necessity of its being in- trusted somewhere , else the whole frame of govern ...
... Lords and Commons , the trustees and representatives of the nation . For there are no other hands in which it can be so properly intrusted ; and there is a necessity of its being in- trusted somewhere , else the whole frame of govern ...
Pàgina 38
... lords of creation to believe that everything that takes what he takes is a rival and a loss . Even wasps , which find no friend , chiefly be- cause they are armed with a sting , though , unlike man , they rarely or ever use it ...
... lords of creation to believe that everything that takes what he takes is a rival and a loss . Even wasps , which find no friend , chiefly be- cause they are armed with a sting , though , unlike man , they rarely or ever use it ...
Pàgina 42
... ( Lord Chatham ) , who became Prime Minister in 1757 , was a man of brilliant genius and untiring vigour . The peace signed in 1748 was but of short duration . Another terrible EUROPEAN WAR broke out in 1755 , but the brief interval ...
... ( Lord Chatham ) , who became Prime Minister in 1757 , was a man of brilliant genius and untiring vigour . The peace signed in 1748 was but of short duration . Another terrible EUROPEAN WAR broke out in 1755 , but the brief interval ...
Pàgina 43
... Lord Chatham , was at this time Prime Minister . General Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 , and was killed during the siege . The whole of Canada was sur- rendered to the British in 1760 . QUESTIONS . Against whom was a combination formed by ...
... Lord Chatham , was at this time Prime Minister . General Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 , and was killed during the siege . The whole of Canada was sur- rendered to the British in 1760 . QUESTIONS . Against whom was a combination formed by ...
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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.