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5th division A. A. BOURNE ADDINGTON Andalusia Answers Arithmetic army artillery attack battle battle of Talavera BELL Bell's Blücher brigade British called cavalry cloth Colchester Colonel command conduct corps Crown 8vo deck Duke Earl Elementary endeavour enemy enemy's English Grammar English History Europe fire FitzRoy Somerset fleet France French Freyre Garonne German Grenville guns Hardy heights History of England honour House Illustrated infantry J. H. FREESE J. P. POSTGATE Julius Cæsar King Latin Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-General Sir Lord Carrington Lord Castlereagh Lord Colchester Lord Grenville Lordship M.A. Book Majesty Majesty's Major-General Maps March MARK HUNTER Marshal morning Napoleon Nelson officers opinion Parliament peace PENDLEBURY Perceval persons Pitt Prince Prof Prose quarter Rose Royal Highness Russians S. E. WINBOLT sail Sardinia Schools Selections Sheridan ships Source.-Diary of Lord Suitable for Standard tion Translated troops Victory Vitoria Vocabulary W. M. BAKER Wellington wounded Zadorra
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Page 2 - On the lofty British line. It was ten of April morn by the chime ; As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between.
Page 56 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 1 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 56 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 56 - But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!
Page 10 - I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this, I'm sure, I know full well, I do not like thee. Dr. Fell.
Page 57 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 2 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back; Their shots along the deep slowly boom: Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail; Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.
Page 3 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.
Page 40 - I am going fast: it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair, and all other things belonging to me.