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adorned almoſt antique battle of BLENHEIM beautiful beſt Blenheim BLENHEIM PARK Bouchain bridge buft caſcade characteriſtic charms chimney circumftance clumps compofe confiderable correfponding courſe DANUBE deferved defign delightful deſcription difplay diftant diſtance Duchefs of Marlborough Duke of Marlborough elegant embelliſhment fame fcenes fecond feems feen feven fhade fhew fhrubs fide finiſhed firft firſt fituated flope fmall fome fometimes foon fouth fpot ftands ftill ftream fublime fuch fuperb fuppofed fupported furniſhed furrounding gardens grand greateſt grove Hiſtory houſe illuftrious interfected itſelf John Duke King Lady Anne Churchill landſcape laſt lawn lefs likewife loft magnificent maſter moft moſt noble occafion oppofite ornamental painting palace pannel park pictureſque piece pleafing pleaſe pleaſure prefent profpect Queen Queen ANNE reft repreſent Reubens rifing river ſcene ſeems ſmall ſpot ſtands ſtate Sunderland tafte tapeſtry taſte thefe theſe thoſe thouſand tion tique TITIAN trees ture vale weft whofe Woodstock Woodstock Palace
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Page 137 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Page 110 - Acquired an Influence, Which no Rank, no Authority can give, Nor any Force, but that of superior Virtue ; Became the fixed important Centre, Which united in one common Cause The principal States of...
Page 137 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land.
Page 115 - Increase of his Powers multiplied his Victories. At the opening of the next Campaign, when all his Army was not yet assembled, when it was hardly known that he had taken the Field, the noise of his Triumphs was heard over EUROPE. On the twelfth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and six, he attacked the French at RAMILLIES.
Page 116 - Countries, had been forming for more than half a century. What art, power, expence could do, had been done to render it impenetrable.
Page 120 - Performed in the compass of a few Years, Sufficient to adorn the Annals of Ages. The Admiration of other Nations Will be conveyed to latest posterity In the Histories even of the Enemies of BRITAIN.
Page 112 - The Arms of FRANCE, favoured by the Defection of the Elector of BAVARIA, had penetrated into the Heart of the EMPIRE. This mighty Body lay exposed to immediate ruin.
Page 117 - To cover what they had gained by surprise, or had been yielded to them by treachery, the French marched to the banks of the Schelde. At their head were the Princes of the blood, and their most fortunate -general, the Duke of Vendosme.
Page 119 - Troops. The Battle was bloody. The Event decisive. The Woods were pierced. The Fortifications trampled down. The Enemy fled.
Page 110 - III. beheld this formidable Union of two Great, and once Rival Monarchies. At the End of a Life spent in defending the Liberties of Europe, He saw them in their greatest Danger.