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... feet wide , in which were buried , by an account kept , five thousand eight hundred men . It was not known how many had been carried away by their friends , nor what number of the wounded had died in hospitals , towns , villages , and ...
... feet wide , in which were buried , by an account kept , five thousand eight hundred men . It was not known how many had been carried away by their friends , nor what number of the wounded had died in hospitals , towns , villages , and ...
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... feet Weeds grew and reptiles crawl'd . Or if they found Sometimes a welcome , those who welcomed them Were old and helpless creatures , lingering there And drank the running waters . " Art thou bound For the Court , Dunois ? " exclaim'd ...
... feet Weeds grew and reptiles crawl'd . Or if they found Sometimes a welcome , those who welcomed them Were old and helpless creatures , lingering there And drank the running waters . " Art thou bound For the Court , Dunois ? " exclaim'd ...
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... feet o'er Arabian sands , The far - seen cistern ; he for many a league Travelling the trackless desolate , where heaved With tempest swell the desert billows round , Pauses , and shudders at his perils past , Then wild with joy speeds ...
... feet o'er Arabian sands , The far - seen cistern ; he for many a league Travelling the trackless desolate , where heaved With tempest swell the desert billows round , Pauses , and shudders at his perils past , Then wild with joy speeds ...
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... feet . The base was square , and each of its fronts twenty - five feet . It was covered with a kind of quilted mattress made of raw hides , and pre- pared with different drugs to prevent its being set on fire by combustibles . This ...
... feet . The base was square , and each of its fronts twenty - five feet . It was covered with a kind of quilted mattress made of raw hides , and pre- pared with different drugs to prevent its being set on fire by combustibles . This ...
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... feet , and worshipp'd the new god , Titus was here 1 , the conqueror of the Jews , He the delight of human - kind misnamed ; Cæsars and Soldans , Emperors and Kings , All who for glory fought , here they were all , Here in the Hall of ...
... feet , and worshipp'd the new god , Titus was here 1 , the conqueror of the Jews , He the delight of human - kind misnamed ; Cæsars and Soldans , Emperors and Kings , All who for glory fought , here they were all , Here in the Hall of ...
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Page 449 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.
Page 164 - The cataract strong Then plunges along, Striking and raging As if a war waging Its caverns and rocks among; Rising and leaping, Sinking and creeping, Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing, Flying and flinging, Writhing and wringing, Eddying and whisking, Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting Around and around With endless rebound: Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in; Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound.
Page 449 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head. And with a natural sigh, ' Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 449 - twas all about,' Young Peterkin he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; 'Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.
Page 143 - My days among the Dead are past; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old: My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.
Page 235 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Page 7 - But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 208 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 450 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Page 213 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.