Tales and BalladsW. Crosby, 1884 - 190 pagini |
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Pagina 18
... possession of infidels , and he felt it his duty to find them and give them the true religion . With a disciple , Saint Malo , he set sail for the unknown West , and , after long wandering , landed on an island that ever after bore his ...
... possession of infidels , and he felt it his duty to find them and give them the true religion . With a disciple , Saint Malo , he set sail for the unknown West , and , after long wandering , landed on an island that ever after bore his ...
Pagina 19
... possession of the people of Europe , and over and over again expeditions were sent out to find it . The last one sailed from the Island of Teneriffe , in October , 1721 , but returned only to tell the expectant populace that it had been ...
... possession of the people of Europe , and over and over again expeditions were sent out to find it . The last one sailed from the Island of Teneriffe , in October , 1721 , but returned only to tell the expectant populace that it had been ...
Pagina 41
... possessions to defray the cost of their outfits , and a crowd of minor worthies , each of whom might , I am sure , have told an interesting story of the reasons that had led him to volunteer . Nor were the men alone . One wife ...
... possessions to defray the cost of their outfits , and a crowd of minor worthies , each of whom might , I am sure , have told an interesting story of the reasons that had led him to volunteer . Nor were the men alone . One wife ...
Pagina 63
... possession of all of North and South America that he could conquer , in the name of the Queen of England . Elizabeth was not willing that he should go in person on the expedition , as she had work for him to do on her side of the ...
... possession of all of North and South America that he could conquer , in the name of the Queen of England . Elizabeth was not willing that he should go in person on the expedition , as she had work for him to do on her side of the ...
Pagina 66
... possession of the New World . Fancy , if you can , the condition of those fifteen men , as they stood on the sandy North Carolina shore , and saw the sails of the ships disappear from sight . We can only imagine their feelings , for no ...
... possession of the New World . Fancy , if you can , the condition of those fifteen men , as they stood on the sandy North Carolina shore , and saw the sails of the ships disappear from sight . We can only imagine their feelings , for no ...
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Pagina 110 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Pagina 138 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Pagina 139 - Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses ; but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down, and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee.
Pagina 163 - For force of will and vast conceptions; for various knowledge, and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity, that resigned itself to the will of Heaven, and yet triumphed over affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope — he had no superior among his countrymen.
Pagina 80 - Britons, you stay too long: Quickly aboard bestow you, And with a merry gale Swell your stretch'd sail With vows as strong As the winds that blow you.
Pagina 71 - A dreary place would be this earth> Were there no little people in it: The song of life would lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it...
Pagina 139 - In the name of the Most High, Mighty, and Redoubted Monarch, Louis, Fourteenth of that name, Most Christian King of France and of Navarre...
Pagina 137 - O tree with royal purple dight ! Elect on whose triumphal breast Those holy limbs should find their rest ! On whose dear arms, so widely flung, The weight of this world's ransom hung ; The price of human kind to pay, And spoil the spoiler of his prey.
Pagina 137 - THE Royal Banners forward go ; The Cross shines forth in mystic glow ; Where He in flesh, our flesh Who made, Our sentence bore, our ransom paid.
Pagina 51 - God's ordinance upon him, even so the vehement persuasion of his friends could nothing avail to divert him from his wilful resolution of going in his frigate; and when he was entreated by the captain, master, and others, his wellwishers in the " Hinde," not to venture, this was his answer — "I will not forsake my little company going homewards, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.