Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - Всего страниц: 283 |
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... ! Terrific cannons , engines old of war , Disgorging metal showers , deal death afar O'er the extended field of Waterloo , As if each vital spark quick to subdue . Earth's firm foundations they do seem to shake , And E 2 71.
... ! Terrific cannons , engines old of war , Disgorging metal showers , deal death afar O'er the extended field of Waterloo , As if each vital spark quick to subdue . Earth's firm foundations they do seem to shake , And E 2 71.
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... subdue . The Highlanders - a bold and faithful race , In every country and in every place- Where e'er their daring standards are unfurl'd , They gain the admiration of the world . There lies brave Picton , of immortal fame , His ...
... subdue . The Highlanders - a bold and faithful race , In every country and in every place- Where e'er their daring standards are unfurl'd , They gain the admiration of the world . There lies brave Picton , of immortal fame , His ...
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... subdue ; They held the post entrusted to their care , In spite of all the instruments of war . In short each British soldier that was there , Of gratitude deserves an ample share From their admiring countrymen at large , And ought to be ...
... subdue ; They held the post entrusted to their care , In spite of all the instruments of war . In short each British soldier that was there , Of gratitude deserves an ample share From their admiring countrymen at large , And ought to be ...
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... subdue . Their harrows they did straightly draw Perform'd their work best e'er I saw . The judges they were puzzled sore , Which of the ploughmen to prefer . Many spectators throng'd the ground , And all much satisfaction found , In ...
... subdue . Their harrows they did straightly draw Perform'd their work best e'er I saw . The judges they were puzzled sore , Which of the ploughmen to prefer . Many spectators throng'd the ground , And all much satisfaction found , In ...
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... subdue , Immortal honour is your due , And will be paid- While Criffel rears his hoary brow O'er Solways tide . While Nith does unto Ocean roll- While Needle points unto the Pole While gravitation does control Projectile force- While ...
... subdue , Immortal honour is your due , And will be paid- While Criffel rears his hoary brow O'er Solways tide . While Nith does unto Ocean roll- While Needle points unto the Pole While gravitation does control Projectile force- While ...
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admire Andrew Meikle appear banks battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauties bestow bold bonnie bosom bout brave breast British Britons brow Cæsar Carron cheeks cheer Closeburn command corn Criffel cuirassiers Dalveen dark dear display dost doth down-how dreadful Duke Dumfries e'er endeavour EPISTLE fair faithful fame field flow Fortune frae gallant grand chain grave happy heart Heaven heroes Highland laddies honour Isle king land of cakes Lavalette live Lord Lord Exmouth lowland Scot mankind Meikle mind mirth MOORLAND moral mourn Muse Nature's ne'er nigh night nought numbers o'er passions peace plain plough poem praise Prince repair Roman legion sage scarce scene Scots shepherd shore skill smile Solitude song soul stern storm straits of Dover subdue sure sweet tears thee There's thou thought true tyrants unto virtue Waterloo wish yonder yore younker
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Стр. 280 - ... would vitrify or dissipate any substance known to us. Sir Isaac Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it...
Стр. 282 - Others of less note followed the infamous example. On their combined evidence several of the conspirators were seized, condemned, and executed. Among these, the most distinguished were Russell and Sidney. Both died with the intrepidity of men who had resolved to hazard their lives in the field, in order to break the fetters of slavery, and rescue themselves and their fellow-subjects from an ignominious despotism.