The Story of the World for Children of the British Empire, Book 4W. Blackwood & Sons, 1903 |
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... towns are built . Most of the country lies within the tropics . Hence it is a land of wondrous starlight and moonlight , a land of whirlwind and tempest , of pitiless sun and scorching heat . Here to - day , as of old , are men with ...
... towns are built . Most of the country lies within the tropics . Hence it is a land of wondrous starlight and moonlight , a land of whirlwind and tempest , of pitiless sun and scorching heat . Here to - day , as of old , are men with ...
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... the scheme seemed wild to the point of madness , he was given command of 200 Europeans and some native troops to march against the town . Arcot was sixty - five miles away . The fort was 1751. ] ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN INDIA . 11 known.
... the scheme seemed wild to the point of madness , he was given command of 200 Europeans and some native troops to march against the town . Arcot was sixty - five miles away . The fort was 1751. ] ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN INDIA . 11 known.
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... town before them . A panic seized the native garrison : they abandoned the fort . Not a shot was fired , and Clive with his 500 men entered the city in triumph . The young boy - captain had already won a deathless renown . 3. THE BLACK ...
... town before them . A panic seized the native garrison : they abandoned the fort . Not a shot was fired , and Clive with his 500 men entered the city in triumph . The young boy - captain had already won a deathless renown . 3. THE BLACK ...
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... town . Clive busied himself with preparations . In the evening he threw himself down to sleep , utterly tired out ; but he was soon awakened , and at his post in a moment . The French attacked in strong force . They had brought with ...
... town . Clive busied himself with preparations . In the evening he threw himself down to sleep , utterly tired out ; but he was soon awakened , and at his post in a moment . The French attacked in strong force . They had brought with ...
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... town . The English were taken by surprise , -they had no Clive to lead them to victory , —and the Nawab took Calcutta with ease , making 146 prisoners . But the treasury did not yield the vast riches he had been led to expect , and he ...
... town . The English were taken by surprise , -they had no Clive to lead them to victory , —and the Nawab took Calcutta with ease , making 146 prisoners . But the treasury did not yield the vast riches he had been led to expect , and he ...
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Page 121 - Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save ; So peace instead of death let us bring ; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our king.
Page 169 - 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 129 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Page 24 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Page 169 - 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 138 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.
Page 169 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor 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 of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 115 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shoae round him o'er the dead.
Page 218 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Page 41 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.