On the Shores of the Great Sea, Book I of the Story of the World

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Cosimo, Inc., 2013 M01 1 - 212 pages

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Contents

ACROSS THE BLUE WATERS
30
CORIOLANUS
36
74
68
THE FALL OF TYRE
72
THE RISE OF CARTHAGE
74
HANNOS ADVENTURES
76
SOME MORE ABOUT GREECE
79
KING OF MACEDONIA
136

THE CONQUEST OF INDIA
143
BACK TO ROME AGAIN
151
THE ROMAN FLEET
158
THE ADVENTURES OF HANNIBAL
165
THE TRIUMPH OF ROME
173
THE FLIGHT OF POMPEY
184
THE EMPIRE OF ROME
194
TEACHERS APPENDIX
201
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Page 125 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
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Page 127 - quoth false Sextus; 'Will not the villain drown? But for this stay ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! ' 'Heaven help him ! ' quoth Lars Porsena, 'And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.
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Page 127 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.

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