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Page 181 - But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line'and we raised not a stone, But
Page 168 - boom, Then cease—and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom. Out spoke the victor then, As he hailed them o'er the wave, ' Ye are brothers I ye are men I And we conquer but to save. So peace instead of death let us bring,
Page 51 - jests to do his duty. Indeed, lie never understood that there was such a thing as duty at all. It was said of him that He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. Yet if he did not do wise acts, he was clever enough CHARLES II. AND CATHARINE OF
Page 180 - inclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him, But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak
Page 168 - again ! again 1 And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back; Their shots along the deep
Page 81 - TIME OF JAMES II. bishops. This was Arnold, who was the king's brewer. ' Whatever I do,' he had said, before the trial began, ' I am sure to be half-ruined. If I say " Not Guilty," I shall brew no more for the king ; and if I say " Guilty," I shall brew no more for anybody else.
Page 76 - you mean Presbyterian, I'll hold you a wager of it. I can smell a Presbyterian forty miles.' Some one tried to move his compassion in favour of a person who was miserable enough already. ' My lord,' he said, ' this poor creature is on the parish.' ' Do not trouble yourselves' was the only answer which they got, ' I will ease the parish of the burden,
Page 60 - sailed up the Medway, burnt three menof-war, and carried off a fourth. For some time they blockaded the Thames, so that the Londoners could get no coals. Charles was obliged to give way to the Dutch, and peace was made at Breda, as they wished to have it. 10. The Cabal Ministry.—In 1667, a few weeks DUTCH
Page 141 - shut up in Yorktown. The Americans hemmed it in on the land side, and a French fleet blocked it up by sea. Cornwallis was forced to surrender. When the bad news reached England in 1782, every one knew that it was no use to struggle longer. Lord North gave up his office, and
Page 110 - way. It took away the laws which had been made in Anne's reign against the Dissenters, and some of the Whigs talked of putting an end to the Test Act, as far as the Dissenters were concerned, and allowing them to hold offices. The Whigs who proposed this soon found that it would make