Heroes of Britain in peace and war, Volumen 2;Volumen 2931878 |
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... head and arms from the club of his pursuer " " He preached on the lawn before his house to a con- gregation of natives , mostly mendicants and the very riff - raff of the population " · . · 229 • PAGE 269 • 276 Palace of the Council of ...
... head and arms from the club of his pursuer " " He preached on the lawn before his house to a con- gregation of natives , mostly mendicants and the very riff - raff of the population " · . · 229 • PAGE 269 • 276 Palace of the Council of ...
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... head , and oftener than once under these circumstances I have been on the point of being drowned . " But dangers of other kinds are also frequently attendant upon an attempted rescue . On one occasion a boy fell into the Humber Dock ...
... head , and oftener than once under these circumstances I have been on the point of being drowned . " But dangers of other kinds are also frequently attendant upon an attempted rescue . On one occasion a boy fell into the Humber Dock ...
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... head was laid for the schooner , and the men bent lustily to their oars . It was a matter of life and death to all those in the boat , as it was to the expectant men in the unfortunate schooner's rigging ; and when the boat at length ...
... head was laid for the schooner , and the men bent lustily to their oars . It was a matter of life and death to all those in the boat , as it was to the expectant men in the unfortunate schooner's rigging ; and when the boat at length ...
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... head of his regiment on a brigade field - day , held on the Queen's birthday . Many and strange are the stories told of the inhabitants of lighthouses and light- ships ; there is something weird about the monotonous life spent in the ...
... head of his regiment on a brigade field - day , held on the Queen's birthday . Many and strange are the stories told of the inhabitants of lighthouses and light- ships ; there is something weird about the monotonous life spent in the ...
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... heads screamed hundreds of hovering birds , the gull mingling his laughter most wildly . ” Grace Darling was brought up in this island home , receiving her education from her parents , and having but little intercourse with the people ...
... heads screamed hundreds of hovering birds , the gull mingling his laughter most wildly . ” Grace Darling was brought up in this island home , receiving her education from her parents , and having but little intercourse with the people ...
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arms attack became boat brave British Brunel Burke Captain Cawnpore Christian Colonel command Cooper's Creek courage crew crowd danger daring dashed David Nasmith dead death deck deeds Devauden duty enemy engine England escape expedition exploration Eyre father fearful fell fire friends gallant George Stephenson Grace Darling guns hand Havelock heart hero heroic heroism honour horse hospital John Jonas Hanway journey labours Lieutenant life-boat lighthouse Linyanti lives Livingstone Lord Chelmsford Lord Cochrane Makololo midst miles mission missionary mutiny nardoo natives never night noble officers party passed peril perished reached received rescue Robert Raikes rock Rorke's Drift round sailors scene Sekeletu Sepoys ship shore shot Society soldiers soon Stephenson stood story suffering terrible THAMES TUNNEL told took Ujiji vessel waves whole wife William wounded wreck young Zulus
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Página 240 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Página 155 - ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY, INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN, AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD.
Página 44 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 34 - ... from every pit, trench and battery — from behind the sandbags piled on shattered houses — from every post still held by a few galLant spirits, rose cheer on cheer...
Página 34 - The major-general therefore, in gratitude for, and admiration of, the brilliant deeds in arms achieved by General Havelock and his gallant troops, will cheerfully waive his rank on the occasion; and will accompany the force to Lucknow in his civil capacity as Chief Commissioner of Oudh, tendering his military services to General Havelock as a volunteer.
Página 60 - She would speak to one and nod and smile to as many more ; but she could not do it to all, you know. We lay there by hundreds ; but we could kiss her shadow as it fell, and lay our heads on the pillow again, content.
Página 155 - He had infinite quickness of apprehension, a prodigious memory, and a certain rectifying and methodizing power of understanding, which extracted something precious out of all that was presented to it. His stores of miscellaneous knowledge were immense — and yet less astonishing than the command he had at all times over them. It seemed as if every subject that...
Página 140 - King start to-morrow up the creek, to look for the blacks—it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever although I have a good appetite, and relish the nardoo much, but it seems to give us no nutriment, and the birds here are so shy as not to be got at. Even if we got a good supply of fish, I doubt whether we could do much work on them and the nardoo alone. Nothing now but the greatest good luck can...
Página 192 - The order and regularity that prevailed on board, from the time the ship struck till she totally disappeared, far exceeded anything that I thought could be effected by the best discipline ; and...
Página 122 - AND is this all ? Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep, and dread the shore ? Sweet moralist ! afloat on life's rough sea, The Christian has an art unknown to thee : He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where Duty bids he confidently steers, Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all.