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... chief , the Britons were constantly at war with one another , and they always fought with these weapons . Even at that early period Britain was famous for its horses , of which the natives were very fond , and which they managed with ...
... chief , the Britons were constantly at war with one another , and they always fought with these weapons . Even at that early period Britain was famous for its horses , of which the natives were very fond , and which they managed with ...
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... chiefs with whom Cæsar had to con- tend , Cassivelaunus was his most formidable opponent . But courage and bravery ... chief chosen by the British tribes to lead them against the Romans . • Nom ' - in - al trib ' - ute , a tribute of ...
... chiefs with whom Cæsar had to con- tend , Cassivelaunus was his most formidable opponent . But courage and bravery ... chief chosen by the British tribes to lead them against the Romans . • Nom ' - in - al trib ' - ute , a tribute of ...
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... chiefs led Rome to interfere ; and her legions once more sailed for Britain , under the command of Aulus Plautius , who was soon fol- lowed by the Emperor Claudius himself . There was no electric telegraph then to flash the news of his ...
... chiefs led Rome to interfere ; and her legions once more sailed for Britain , under the command of Aulus Plautius , who was soon fol- lowed by the Emperor Claudius himself . There was no electric telegraph then to flash the news of his ...
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... chief so touched the Roman people who thronged the streets to see him , that , contrary to the usual custom , he and his wife and child were set at liberty . Here we lose sight of our hero . No one knows whether his great heart broke in ...
... chief so touched the Roman people who thronged the streets to see him , that , contrary to the usual custom , he and his wife and child were set at liberty . Here we lose sight of our hero . No one knows whether his great heart broke in ...
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... chief : - " Think not , thou eagle lord of Rome , And master of the world , Though victory's banner o'er thy dome In triumph be unfurled , I would address thee as thy slave , But as the bold should greet the brave ! " I might ...
... chief : - " Think not , thou eagle lord of Rome , And master of the world , Though victory's banner o'er thy dome In triumph be unfurled , I would address thee as thy slave , But as the bold should greet the brave ! " I might ...
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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...