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On the Shores of the Great Sea, Book I of the Story of the World - Page 126
by M. B. Synge - 2013 - 212 pages
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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...not as they fought In the brave days of old. 34. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To...upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. 35. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...not as they fought In the brave days of old. 84. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To...upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. 35. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank...
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The Modern Poetical Speaker; Or, a Collection of Pieces Adapted for ...

Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...like brothers In the brave days of old. » » # * » Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe; And Fathers mix'd with Commons, Seiz'd hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loos'd the...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...fight not as they fought In the brave days of old. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe ; And Fathers mix'd with commons Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loosed the props...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...fight not as they fought In the brave days of old. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe ; And Fathers mix'd with commons Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, And loosed the props...
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...were like brothers In the brave days of old. ***** Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To...upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Eight glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind...
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The Ladies' Reader: Designed for the Use of Ladies' Schools and Family ...

John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old. Now while the three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The consul was the foremost man To take in hand an axe ; And Fathers mix'd with commons Seized hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, Meanwhile the Tuscan...
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The New Speaker. With an Essay on Elocution

John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...in faction, In battle we wax cold, Wherefore men fight not as they fought In the brave days of old. The Consul was the foremost man To take in hand an...Upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. Meanwhile, the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind...
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Lays of Ancient Rome: with Ivry, and the Armada

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 208 pages
...not as they fought In the brave days of old. xxxiv. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To...hatchet, bar, and crow, And smote upon the planks above, HORAT1US. XXXV. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday...
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Select readings from the poets and prose writers of every country, ed. by J ...

James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old. Now while the Three were tightening Their harness on their backs, The Consul was the foremost man To...upon the planks above, And loosed the props below. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind...
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