Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, The Armada, Ivry, and The Battle of NasebyGinn, 1916 - 166 páginas |
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... Licinius , pro- posed the three memorable laws which are called by his name , and which were intended to redress the three great evils of which the Plebeians complained . He was sup- 30 ported with eminent ability and firmness by his ...
... Licinius , pro- posed the three memorable laws which are called by his name , and which were intended to redress the three great evils of which the Plebeians complained . He was sup- 30 ported with eminent ability and firmness by his ...
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... Licinius and Sextius were 5 re - elected Tribunes . Year after year , if the narrative which has come down to us is to be trusted , they continued to exert , to the full extent , their power of stopping the whole machine of government ...
... Licinius and Sextius were 5 re - elected Tribunes . Year after year , if the narrative which has come down to us is to be trusted , they continued to exert , to the full extent , their power of stopping the whole machine of government ...
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... Licinius . All the power of the Patricians has been exerted to throw out the two great champions of the Commons . Every Posthumius , Æmilius , and Cornelius 30 has used his influence to the utmost . Debtors have been let out of the ...
... Licinius . All the power of the Patricians has been exerted to throw out the two great champions of the Commons . Every Posthumius , Æmilius , and Cornelius 30 has used his influence to the utmost . Debtors have been let out of the ...
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... Licinius and Sextius have a fifth time carried all the tribes ; work is suspended ; the booths are closed ; the Plebeians bear on their shoul- ders the two champions of liberty through the Forum . Just at this moment it is announced ...
... Licinius and Sextius have a fifth time carried all the tribes ; work is suspended ; the booths are closed ; the Plebeians bear on their shoul- ders the two champions of liberty through the Forum . Just at this moment it is announced ...
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... Licinius speaks . 10 15 20 Where'er ye shed the honey , the buzzing flies will crowd ; 25 Where'er ye fling the carrion , the raven's croak is loud ; Where'er down Tiber garbage floats , the greedy pike ye see ; And wheresoe'er such ...
... Licinius speaks . 10 15 20 Where'er ye shed the honey , the buzzing flies will crowd ; 25 Where'er ye fling the carrion , the raven's croak is loud ; Where'er down Tiber garbage floats , the greedy pike ye see ; And wheresoe'er such ...
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Página 132 - A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Página 132 - He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye ; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing Down all our line, a deafening shout, " God save our Lord the King...
Página 130 - Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle.
Página 127 - Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile. At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace ; And the tall Pinta till the noon had held her close in chase. Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall ; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecumbe's lofty hall ; Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein and bloody spur rode inland many a post.
Página 127 - Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down. So stalked he when he turned to flight, on that famed Picard field, Bohemia's plume, and Genoa's bow, and Caesar's eagle shield.
Página 38 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Página 136 - Alsatia, and pages of Whitehall; They are bursting on our flanks. Grasp your pikes, close your ranks, For Rupert never comes but to conquer or to fall. They are here! They rush on! We are broken! We are gone! Our left is borne before them like stubble on the blast. O Lord, put forth thy might! O Lord, defend the right! Stand back to back, in God's name, and fight it to the last.
Página 47 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Página 135 - Sergeant in Ireton's Regiment.) Oh ! wherefore come ye forth, in triumph from the North, With your hands, and your feet, and your raiment all red ? And wherefore doth your rout send forth a joyous shout...
Página 132 - Hurrah ! the foes are moving. Hark to the mingled din Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin ! The fiery Duke is pricking fast across Saint Andre's plain, With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne.