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Admiral affairs afterwards American army attack battle became boroughs Bourbon Dynasty brave Britain British Catholic Charles James Fox Chatham Clive colonies command crown death declared defeated died Duke of Wellington Earl election empire enemy engaged England English Europe expedition famous favour fleet force France French Revolution friends gave George George III George Stephenson greatly Hanover honour House of Commons HOUSE OF HANOVER India invasion Ireland Irish Jacobites James king land length LESSON Lord measure ment military Napoleon nation Nelson night o'er officers once parliament passed peace period possession Prime Minister Prince queen Reform Bill reign sail scheme Scotland ships Sir Robert Peel slavery soldiers soon Soult sovereign Spain Spanish speedily spirit statesmen Stephenson stormy tempests blow struggle success throne took place town Treaty troops union vessels victory Walcheren Walcheren Expedition Walpole Waterloo Whigs William Pitt
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Page 105 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden, saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 140 - ... The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,...
Page 21 - IT wAS a summer evening; Old Kaspar's work was done. And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round. Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found. That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh...
Page 23 - 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.
Page 163 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 89 - tis the twanging horn ! o'er yonder bridge That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the Moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright; — < He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks ; News from all nations lumbering at his back.
Page 136 - Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 23 - twas a famous victory ! " My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by : They burned 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. "With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide; And many a childing mother then And new-born baby died. But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. " They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here...
Page 105 - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulph'rous canopy.
Page 90 - Atlantic wave ? Is India free ? and does she wear her plumed And jewell'd turban with a smile of peace, Or do we grind her still ? The grand debate, The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit...