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Alice Archbishop of Canterbury army battle beautiful beggar boy Bertould brave Bristol Channel cakes Cardiff Castle castle chestnut tree child companions conquer cottage crown Danes David Gam dear Aunt dear children death delight Edward Egbert eldest exclaimed father fight Fitz-Stephen Florence fond France French friends gave George give glad Gordon happy Harfleur Harry Romild hear heard hope hour Hugh Bardyll Kenric kind King Alfred King Charles King Henry king of England Lady Morton lesson little Kate little princess lived looked Madcap Harry master morning narch never noble Normandy passion perseverance poor king Prince Henry Prince Robert Prince William quarrels Queen Henrietta royal sail smile soldiers soon sorrow sorry speak story tell Thomas Becket thought throne told took trouble Ulrica vessel watch White Ship wife William Rufus William the Conqueror wish words young
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Strana 18 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.
Strana 24 - A rose's brief bright life of joy, Such unto him was given ; Go — thou must play alone, my boy ! Thy brother is in heaven ! ' ' " And has he left his birds and flowers, And must I call in vain ? And, through the long, long summer hours, Will he not come again ? And by the brook; and in the glade, Are all our wanderings o'er ? Oh, while my brother with me played, Would I had loved him more ! '
Strana 23 - CALL my brother back to me ; I cannot play alone ; The summer comes with flower and bee — Where is my brother gone ?
Strana 18 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...
Strana 93 - If we are defeated, we are too many ; but if it please God to give us the victory, as I trust he will, the smaller our number, the greater our glory.
Strana 81 - Yes, proof was plain that since the day On which the traveller thus had died, The dog had watched about the spot, Or by his master's side: How nourished here for such long time He knows who gave that love sublime, And gave that strength of feeling, great Above all human estimate.
Strana 62 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th
Strana 58 - 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...
Strana 82 - Llewelyn's sorrow proved. And there he hung his horn and spear, And there, as evening fell, In fancy's ear he oft would hear Poor Gelert's dying yell. And till great Snowdon's rocks grow old, And cease the storm to brave, The consecrated spot shall hold The name of
Strana 92 - ... survey of the country from a rising ground, and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat or to advance without a, battle. He therefore resolved to hazard one the next morning, and sent his faithful Welsh squire, David Gam, to reconnoitre the number of the French army. Gam's blunt account was that "there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run away.