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Pagina 11
... raising them above the nobles , caused much ill - feeling . 8. He tried by all means to increase his power over the Parliament and the people ; and some of the clergy who wished to flatter him began to preach that the King was above all ...
... raising them above the nobles , caused much ill - feeling . 8. He tried by all means to increase his power over the Parliament and the people ; and some of the clergy who wished to flatter him began to preach that the King was above all ...
Pagina 21
... raising of money to carry on the fisheries in those distant seas , they prepared two ships for the voyage . These , bearing the names of two pretty English flowers - the Mayflower and the Speedwell - were intended to carry the white ...
... raising of money to carry on the fisheries in those distant seas , they prepared two ships for the voyage . These , bearing the names of two pretty English flowers - the Mayflower and the Speedwell - were intended to carry the white ...
Pagina 29
... raising the an- chor , or any weight . 1 Pointed steadily eastward . - sages he was to carry to friends at Showing a west wind , favourable for home . the Mayflower . 3 The Gurnet . -The promontory 2 Enforcing his careful remem ...
... raising the an- chor , or any weight . 1 Pointed steadily eastward . - sages he was to carry to friends at Showing a west wind , favourable for home . the Mayflower . 3 The Gurnet . -The promontory 2 Enforcing his careful remem ...
Pagina 31
... raised by the order money . 1637 of the King alone . Its object was said to A.D. be to increase the navy , but in reality it was meant to support a ' standing army in time of peace . John Hampden , one of the leaders of the Parliament ...
... raised by the order money . 1637 of the King alone . Its object was said to A.D. be to increase the navy , but in reality it was meant to support a ' standing army in time of peace . John Hampden , one of the leaders of the Parliament ...
Pagina 33
... raised an army , under the Earl of Essex , to oppose the King . 1644 A.D. 10. During this terrible war , which lasted three years , ten battles were fought . Charles was at first victorious ; but at Marston Moor1 his army was totally ...
... raised an army , under the Earl of Essex , to oppose the King . 1644 A.D. 10. During this terrible war , which lasted three years , ten battles were fought . Charles was at first victorious ; but at Marston Moor1 his army was totally ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
afterwards American arms army attack battle Battle of Worcester began Boston brave British broke bullets burned called cannon Cape Trafalgar carried Charles chief Church clan Clive coast command Cromwell crown death defeated died dress Duke Duke of Wellington Edinburgh enemy England English fame famous favour fire fled fleet force fortress fought France French George guns hand head heard heart Highlanders hill House of Commons HOUSE OF STEWART Indian Inverness-shire island James killed King land Loch Loch Oich Lochiel London Long Parliament Lord marched Mayflower miles Monmouth morning muskets Napoleon Nelson night o'er officers Oliver Cromwell Parliament peace Prince prison Queen Raven reign river rode Roundhead royal Russians sailed Saint Andrew's Cross Scotland sent ships shot soldiers soon Sophia of Hanover South Sea Company Stewart Thames thou thousand throne took town troops victory Waterloo William
Pasaje populare
Pagina 174 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Pagina 174 - But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar!
Pagina 174 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Pagina 97 - twas a famous victory! "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.
Pagina 174 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Pagina 167 - 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.
Pagina 207 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Pagina 96 - 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.
Pagina 175 - Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.
Pagina 175 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...