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... Spain , and other places on the Mediterranean , 3 Gaul , now France . Bar ' - rows , funeral mounds . From a Saxon word meaning to hide or protect . THE DRUIDS . THE religion of the ancient Britons was THE ANCIENT BRITONS . 9.
... Spain , and other places on the Mediterranean , 3 Gaul , now France . Bar ' - rows , funeral mounds . From a Saxon word meaning to hide or protect . THE DRUIDS . THE religion of the ancient Britons was THE ANCIENT BRITONS . 9.
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... Gaul , and now he determined to add fresh laurels to his brow by the conquest of Britain , that almost unknown island on the other side of the stormy sea which divided it from the rest of Europe . It was with this object in view that ...
... Gaul , and now he determined to add fresh laurels to his brow by the conquest of Britain , that almost unknown island on the other side of the stormy sea which divided it from the rest of Europe . It was with this object in view that ...
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... Gaul , having been in the island not more than eighteen days . In the following summer Cæsar returned with eight hundred vessels , and an army of at least 32,000 men , including 2,000 cavalry . They landed near the same spot as on their ...
... Gaul , having been in the island not more than eighteen days . In the following summer Cæsar returned with eight hundred vessels , and an army of at least 32,000 men , including 2,000 cavalry . They landed near the same spot as on their ...
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... Gaul , glad , no doubt , to leave a land where little was to be had except coarse fare and hard fighting . 7 A few hostages , some strings of pearls , perhaps , and a splendid triumph on reaching Rome , were the only fruits that Cæsar ...
... Gaul , glad , no doubt , to leave a land where little was to be had except coarse fare and hard fighting . 7 A few hostages , some strings of pearls , perhaps , and a splendid triumph on reaching Rome , were the only fruits that Cæsar ...
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... Gauls and the Romans . Some of them visited Italy , and began in many ways to imitate their nominal masters . quarrels among the At last , in A.D. 43 , the native chiefs led Rome to interfere ; and her legions once more sailed for ...
... Gauls and the Romans . Some of them visited Italy , and began in many ways to imitate their nominal masters . quarrels among the At last , in A.D. 43 , the native chiefs led Rome to interfere ; and her legions once more sailed for ...
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Page 26 - Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Ccesar never knew, Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 25 - Other Romans shall arise Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame.
Page 160 - He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn ? He never smiled again ! There stood proud forms around his throne, The stately and the brave ; But which could fill the place of one, That one beneath the wave ? Before...
Page 160 - THE bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son ? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn? He never smiled again...
Page 54 - MORTE D'ARTHUR. So all day long the noise of battle rolled Among the mountains by the winter sea ; Until King Arthur's table, man by man, Had fallen in Lyonness about their Lord, King Arthur : then, because his wound was deep, The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, Sir Bedivere, the last of all his knights, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark...
Page 25 - WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief.
Page 25 - Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. Rome for empire far renowned, Tramples on a thousand states, Soon her pride shall kiss the ground,— Hark...
Page 21 - Think not, thou eagle Lord of Rome, And master of the world, Though victory's banner o'er thy dome In triumph now...