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... , was not lacking in courage , and was rather ambitious of distinction on the battle - field ; besides through Hanover he had a personal interest in Continental matters . Many years of peace had passed 12 HOUSE OF HANOVER .
... , was not lacking in courage , and was rather ambitious of distinction on the battle - field ; besides through Hanover he had a personal interest in Continental matters . Many years of peace had passed 12 HOUSE OF HANOVER .
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... battle ; not a tail or a whisker was to be seen , and Wolf had slunk behind his master , looking very much ashamed . Jack and Nelly , assisted by Frank , now began to search for their pets , and soon found three of the kittens- one ...
... battle ; not a tail or a whisker was to be seen , and Wolf had slunk behind his master , looking very much ashamed . Jack and Nelly , assisted by Frank , now began to search for their pets , and soon found three of the kittens- one ...
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... battle was fought in 1743 ? What battle was fought in 1745 ? When did Prince Charles Edward land in Scotland ? Who joined him , and whither did he march ? Where were the Royal troops defeated ? Where was Prince Charles Edward finally ...
... battle was fought in 1743 ? What battle was fought in 1745 ? When did Prince Charles Edward land in Scotland ? Who joined him , and whither did he march ? Where were the Royal troops defeated ? Where was Prince Charles Edward finally ...
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... battle of Copenhagen . The death of the Russian emperor , however , stopped further hos- tilities , as it broke up the union . In 1802 a pause ensued . France could do nothing by sea ; Great Britain effect nothing on land . A treaty was ...
... battle of Copenhagen . The death of the Russian emperor , however , stopped further hos- tilities , as it broke up the union . In 1802 a pause ensued . France could do nothing by sea ; Great Britain effect nothing on land . A treaty was ...
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... battles were fought ? When and where was peace con- cluded ? How long was Mr Pitt prime minister ; and when did he resign ? Chief amongst these was their not being oligible for election to the House of ... BATTLE OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER . 83.
... battles were fought ? When and where was peace con- cluded ? How long was Mr Pitt prime minister ; and when did he resign ? Chief amongst these was their not being oligible for election to the House of ... BATTLE OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER . 83.
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 271 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 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.
Page 64 - A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.
Page 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.
Page 124 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...
Page 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.