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... faithful account of them , not doubting but it will be acceptable . As Sinbad wished to relate his adventures chiefly on the porter's account , he ordered his burden to be carried to the place of its destination , and then proceeded ...
... faithful account of them , not doubting but it will be acceptable . As Sinbad wished to relate his adventures chiefly on the porter's account , he ordered his burden to be carried to the place of its destination , and then proceeded ...
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... faithful in the execution of his commission , and caused all the goods to be carried to the lodgings provided for me . " I went every day at a set hour to make my court to the king , and spent the rest of my time in viewing the city ...
... faithful in the execution of his commission , and caused all the goods to be carried to the lodgings provided for me . " I went every day at a set hour to make my court to the king , and spent the rest of my time in viewing the city ...
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... faithful , our sovereign , saying to me , ' I pray you give this present from me , and this letter to the caliph , and assure him of my friendship . ' I took the present and letter in a very respectful manner , and promised his majesty ...
... faithful , our sovereign , saying to me , ' I pray you give this present from me , and this letter to the caliph , and assure him of my friendship . ' I took the present and letter in a very respectful manner , and promised his majesty ...
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... faithful , followed by the beautiful slave , and such of my own family as carried the presents . I stated the reason of my coming , and was immediately conducted to the throne of the caliph . I made my reverence , and , after a short ...
... faithful , followed by the beautiful slave , and such of my own family as carried the presents . I stated the reason of my coming , and was immediately conducted to the throne of the caliph . I made my reverence , and , after a short ...
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... faithful , ' I replied , ' I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command ; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone . I have also made a vow never to go out of Bagdad . ' Hence I took occasion ...
... faithful , ' I replied , ' I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command ; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone . I have also made a vow never to go out of Bagdad . ' Hence I took occasion ...
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afterwards arms army battle battle of Trafalgar began Bewick body brave brother brought Brutus bully Cæsar called captain carried castle command Comyn cried dead death Douglas Earl Edward Bruce enemy English Excalibur eyes fair faithful father fear fell fight fire followed galloped gave Gilpin governor Grahame hand Hardy hast head hear heard heart honor horse island John Gilpin John of Lorn killed King Arthur King of England King Robert knew ladies land letter lived looked Lord James merchants Nelson never night noble prisoner Randolph replied returned river Robert Bruce Robert the Bruce round sail Scotland Scots Scottish ship side Sinbad Sir Bedivere Sir Lucan Sir Patrick Spens slain soldiers soon stood sword tell thee Thomas Randolph thou thought told took town tree unto victory voyage Wallace William wounded
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Page 292 - My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow.
Page 282 - Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Page 220 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ;
Page 76 - More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 271 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, 'The wine is left behind!' 'Good lack,' quoth he — 'yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword, When I do exercise.
Page 73 - So fiash'd and fell the brand Excalibur : But ere he dipt the surface, rose an arm Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, And caught him by the hilt, and brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the mere.
Page 76 - So said he, and the barge with oar and sail Moved from the brink, like some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs. Long stood Sir Bedivere Revolving many memories, till the hull Look'd one black dot against the verge of dawn, And on the mere the wailing died away.
Page 244 - NOBLY, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay ; Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay ; In the dimmest North-East distance dawned Gibraltar grand and grey ; " Here and here did England help me : how can I help England...
Page 78 - MY good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 69 - Excalibur, Which was my pride: for thou rememberest how In those old days, one summer noon, an arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake...