A Hand-book of the English Language: For the Use of Students of the Universities and Higher Classes of Schools

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Walton and Maberly, 1860 - 442 páginas
 

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Página 200 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 202 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape...
Página 204 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Página 73 - Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the sescs ; they were full -nigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient.
Página 153 - Becose on him seein' my e'en. My cheek went as red as a rose ; There's never a mortal con tell Heaw happy aw felt — for, thae knows, One couldn't ha' axed him theirseF. But th' tale wur at th

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