A Book of Golden Deeds: Of All Times and All LandsSever And Francis, 1866 - 478 pages |
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Of All Times and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS , THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND . GOLDEN DEFDS HL I HAD J'L LANDS CATI ANDRATIL BY.
Of All Times and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS , THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND . GOLDEN DEFDS HL I HAD J'L LANDS CATI ANDRATIL BY.
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Of All Times and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. GOLDEN DEFDS HL I HAD J'L LANDS CATI ANDRATIL BY 2317 AUTR HIR OF DIAL . CAMBRIDGE SEVER AND FRANCIS 1866 JUSTIN WINSOR , A BOOK OF CAMBRIDGE , MASS . A BOOK OF CAME.
Of All Times and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. GOLDEN DEFDS HL I HAD J'L LANDS CATI ANDRATIL BY 2317 AUTR HIR OF DIAL . CAMBRIDGE SEVER AND FRANCIS 1866 JUSTIN WINSOR , A BOOK OF CAMBRIDGE , MASS . A BOOK OF CAME.
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... OF CAMBRIDGE , MASS . GOLDEN DEEDS OF ALL TIMES AND ALL LANDS GATHERED AND NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE " HEIR OF REDCLYFFE . " CAMBRIDGE SEVER AND FRANCIS 1866 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY JUN 19 1957 UNIVERSITY PRESS : WELCH.
... OF CAMBRIDGE , MASS . GOLDEN DEEDS OF ALL TIMES AND ALL LANDS GATHERED AND NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE " HEIR OF REDCLYFFE . " CAMBRIDGE SEVER AND FRANCIS 1866 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY JUN 19 1957 UNIVERSITY PRESS : WELCH.
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... a mother's storehouse for reading aloud to her boys , or that they may be found useful for short readings to the intelligent , though uneducated classes . NOVEMBER 17th , 1864 . CONTENTS . PAGE WHAT IS A GOLDEN DEED ? THE viii Preface .
... a mother's storehouse for reading aloud to her boys , or that they may be found useful for short readings to the intelligent , though uneducated classes . NOVEMBER 17th , 1864 . CONTENTS . PAGE WHAT IS A GOLDEN DEED ? THE viii Preface .
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... and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. THE CHIEFTAINESS AND THE VOLCANO DISCIPLINE . THE RESCUERS THE RESCUE PARTY . THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD OF THE FAR SOUTH . 431 435 · 441 447 456 A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS . WHAT IS A GOLDEN Contents . xi.
... and All Lands Charlotte Mary Yonge. THE CHIEFTAINESS AND THE VOLCANO DISCIPLINE . THE RESCUERS THE RESCUE PARTY . THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD OF THE FAR SOUTH . 431 435 · 441 447 456 A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS . WHAT IS A GOLDEN Contents . xi.
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Page 111 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 27 - Was heard from either bank, But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Page 26 - But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied; And now the bridge hangs tottering Above the boiling tide. " Come back, come back, Horatius !
Page 19 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Page 27 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. "Down with him!" cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face; "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace.
Page 23 - I wis, in all the Senate There was no heart so bold But sore it ached, and fast it beat, When that ill news was told. Forthwith up rose the Consul, Up rose the Fathers all; In haste they girded up their gowns, And hied them to the wall.
Page 276 - Before this time to-morrow, I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
Page 25 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three : Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Page 224 - I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.