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... a military station of great strength . Stand- ing near the fish - ponds , to the South of Thorpe Hall , and looking along the slope B of the hill leading from the great pasture , between 7-Cæsar's account of British Chariots.
... a military station of great strength . Stand- ing near the fish - ponds , to the South of Thorpe Hall , and looking along the slope B of the hill leading from the great pasture , between 7-Cæsar's account of British Chariots.
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... stands . Thinking that it will be interesting and instructive , and may , promote more observa- tion than hitherto may have been given to early earthworks , we will now make a few remarks upon the utility of these various lines , which ...
... stands . Thinking that it will be interesting and instructive , and may , promote more observa- tion than hitherto may have been given to early earthworks , we will now make a few remarks upon the utility of these various lines , which ...
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... stands in the Church yard , thirteen feet from the buttress at the North - east corner of the Church . Very much has been written upon it and many have been the conjectures respecting it , and yet , after all that has been written and ...
... stands in the Church yard , thirteen feet from the buttress at the North - east corner of the Church . Very much has been written upon it and many have been the conjectures respecting it , and yet , after all that has been written and ...
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... stands , having run a subterranean rill for nine or ten miles through the valley Westward . " In the poems of Ossian , is the following : - " Oozy daughter of the streams ! O Stone ! that now art rear'd on high Speak to futurity After ...
... stands , having run a subterranean rill for nine or ten miles through the valley Westward . " In the poems of Ossian , is the following : - " Oozy daughter of the streams ! O Stone ! that now art rear'd on high Speak to futurity After ...
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... stands as firm as Snowdon . No reply . The gods command that one of you shall now Approach and touch it . Priests ! in your snowy vests The lots deposit , and , as our wont is , Present them to the younger . " After an address so solemn ...
... stands as firm as Snowdon . No reply . The gods command that one of you shall now Approach and touch it . Priests ! in your snowy vests The lots deposit , and , as our wont is , Present them to the younger . " After an address so solemn ...
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Page 45 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 72 - As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber.
Page 42 - Ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem : for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Page 83 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 49 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
Page 45 - Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 14 - The car, the car of war comes on, like the flame of death ! the rapid car of Cuthullin, the noble son of Semo! It bends behind like a wave near a rock ; like the sun-streaked mist of the heath. Its sides are embossed with stones, and sparkle like the sea round the boat of night. Of polished yew is its beam ; its seat of the smoothest bone. The sides are replenished with spears; the bottom is the footstool of heroes...
Page 13 - She spoke. Minerva burns to meet the war: And now heaven's empress calls her blazing car. At her command rush forth the steeds divine ; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits ; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel 890 Of sounding brass ; the polish'd axle steel.
Page 51 - O Zidon ; for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.