Bancroft's Fifth ReaderBancroft, 1883 - 352 pages |
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... passes of the New England mountains . The walls were firm and sheer . A man could have found places where he could have jumped three thousand feet in one descent to the valley . 3. More than a thousand feet beneath us was the arching ...
... passes of the New England mountains . The walls were firm and sheer . A man could have found places where he could have jumped three thousand feet in one descent to the valley . 3. More than a thousand feet beneath us was the arching ...
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... pass in their march . 5. He had no idea of being captured by the enemy in their advance , and he at once set off for the pass . He knew that it was defended by a stout tower and a garrison of thirty men , and he hoped to be able to warn ...
... pass in their march . 5. He had no idea of being captured by the enemy in their advance , and he at once set off for the pass . He knew that it was defended by a stout tower and a garrison of thirty men , and he hoped to be able to warn ...
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... pass to the last extremity . " 14. The officer who had borne the flag of truce retired , and in about ten minutes a piece of artillery was brought into the pass . In order to bear upon the tower , it had to be placed directly in front ...
... pass to the last extremity . " 14. The officer who had borne the flag of truce retired , and in about ten minutes a piece of artillery was brought into the pass . In order to bear upon the tower , it had to be placed directly in front ...
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... pass . 16. Three more assaults were repulsed in this manner , and the enemy by sunset had lost forty - five men , of whom ten were killed . The firing from the tower had been rapid and accurate , but the Austrian commander noticed this ...
... pass . 16. Three more assaults were repulsed in this manner , and the enemy by sunset had lost forty - five men , of whom ten were killed . The firing from the tower had been rapid and accurate , but the Austrian commander noticed this ...
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... pass would be of no consequence to the enemy . 20. The next day at sunrise the Austrian troops lined the pass in two files , extending from the mouth of the ravine to the tower , leaving a space between them for the garrison to pass out ...
... pass would be of no consequence to the enemy . 20. The next day at sunrise the Austrian troops lined the pass in two files , extending from the mouth of the ravine to the tower , leaving a space between them for the garrison to pass out ...
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Page 270 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 317 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Page 300 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers ; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes ? And sell the mighty space of our large honors, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus?
Page 284 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 187 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 229 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track, And one eye's black intelligence — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance; And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned; and cried Joris, "Stay spur! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her; "We'll remember at Aix...
Page 249 - THE DESERTED VILLAGE. SWEET Auburn! loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed: 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 endeared each scene! How often have I paused on every charm...
Page 295 - Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing, ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 106 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise. God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind.
Page 266 - O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...