Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 61
Page 9
... blood and tears of thou- sands , were , in his case , a homage to intellectual power success- fully exerted in behalf of the noblest interests of humanity . After a brief interval , the sovereigns requested from Columbus a recital of ...
... blood and tears of thou- sands , were , in his case , a homage to intellectual power success- fully exerted in behalf of the noblest interests of humanity . After a brief interval , the sovereigns requested from Columbus a recital of ...
Page 28
... blood fell - thunder pealed from every quarter of the heavens - lightning , in immense sheets , of an intensity and duration that turned the dark- ness into more than day , withering eye and soul , burned from the zenith to the ground ...
... blood fell - thunder pealed from every quarter of the heavens - lightning , in immense sheets , of an intensity and duration that turned the dark- ness into more than day , withering eye and soul , burned from the zenith to the ground ...
Page 32
... blood - red hue of fire , which lighted up the atmosphere far and wide ; but below , the nether part of the mountain was still dark and shrouded , save in three places , adown which flowed , serpentine and irregular , rivers of the ...
... blood - red hue of fire , which lighted up the atmosphere far and wide ; but below , the nether part of the mountain was still dark and shrouded , save in three places , adown which flowed , serpentine and irregular , rivers of the ...
Page 37
... blood and treasure in the recovery of our just and natural inheritance ; but you have acted up to the best of an erroneous judgment , and we admire and honour in you that valour and virtue by which we are so long kept out of our ...
... blood and treasure in the recovery of our just and natural inheritance ; but you have acted up to the best of an erroneous judgment , and we admire and honour in you that valour and virtue by which we are so long kept out of our ...
Page 44
... blood , bleeding itself away in silence . She took a piece of paper and a pencil , and wrote hastily : — " O missus ! dear missus ! don't think me ungrateful— don't think hard of me , any way - I heard all you and master said to - night ...
... blood , bleeding itself away in silence . She took a piece of paper and a pencil , and wrote hastily : — " O missus ! dear missus ! don't think me ungrateful— don't think hard of me , any way - I heard all you and master said to - night ...
Common terms and phrases
arms ball battle BATTLE OF ALMA BATTLE OF MORGARTEN beauty beneath Bernardo del Carpio blood born bosom breast breath brow burst Cæsar Calais child clouds cried crowd Damon dark dead death deep died earth Eliza ELIZA COOK face father fear fell fire friends gallant gaze Gelert glory grave hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre hill honour hour human king land Lars Porsena light looked Lord Lord Raglan morning mother night o'er old Brooke pale passed Phintias pride queen rock rose round round shot rush scrummage shore shout side SIEGE OF CALAIS silent smile soul sound spirit steed stood storm sword tact Talent tears thee thou throne thunder touch turned virtue voice Warren Hastings waves wild WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER wind words Yoho young Brooke