Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. YoungFrancis Young (F.R.G.S.) 1870 |
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... Parliament leading to quarrels and the stoppage of supplies , he had recourse to a new way of filling the ex- chequer . The title of baronet was created and sold for a thousand pounds , and the office of privy councillor was made ...
... Parliament leading to quarrels and the stoppage of supplies , he had recourse to a new way of filling the ex- chequer . The title of baronet was created and sold for a thousand pounds , and the office of privy councillor was made ...
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... parliament he broke his promise . A stormy scene took place when the Houses re - assembled . A week afterwards , parliament was dissolved , and for eleven years Charles reigned as an absolute monarch , raising money as best he could by ...
... parliament he broke his promise . A stormy scene took place when the Houses re - assembled . A week afterwards , parliament was dissolved , and for eleven years Charles reigned as an absolute monarch , raising money as best he could by ...
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... Parliament held all the fortified places ; they had an army of 15,000 men ; the favour of the navy , which prevented any foreign power from rendering assistance to the king ; and , besides , they had the means of raising money . On the ...
... Parliament held all the fortified places ; they had an army of 15,000 men ; the favour of the navy , which prevented any foreign power from rendering assistance to the king ; and , besides , they had the means of raising money . On the ...
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... parliament about the disbanding of the army , expelled the members by military force , but judging it imprudent to rule without at least the semblance of a parliament , he selected a number of deputies , who formed a new parliament ...
... parliament about the disbanding of the army , expelled the members by military force , but judging it imprudent to rule without at least the semblance of a parliament , he selected a number of deputies , who formed a new parliament ...
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... parliament , too , refused their support , and he was obliged to resign after a few brief months ' authority . His brother Henry , a man of more energy , had been ap- pointed governor of Ireland , but he was soon deprived of this ...
... parliament , too , refused their support , and he was obliged to resign after a few brief months ' authority . His brother Henry , a man of more energy , had been ap- pointed governor of Ireland , but he was soon deprived of this ...
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Página 25 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Página 36 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; 'Speed...
Página 37 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Página 36 - Not a word to each other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 226 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture of divine.
Página 97 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Página 37 - 4. At Aerschot up leaped of a sudden the sun, And against him the cattle stood black every one, To stare through the mist at us galloping past ; And I saw my stout galloper, Roland, at last, With resolute shoulders, each butting away The haze, as some bluff river headland its spray : 5.
Página 37 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned ; and cried Joris, " Stay spur ! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her, We'll remember at Aix...
Página 146 - Ho-ti himself, which was the more remarkable, instead of chastising his son, seemed to grow more indulgent to him than ever. At length they were watched, the terrible mystery discovered, and father and son summoned to take their trial at Pekin, then an inconsiderable assize town.
Página 227 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground I Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.