Blackie's comprehensive school series, Part 1

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Page 20 - The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians : between them we are exposed to two sorts of death; we are either slain or drowned.
Page 28 - To drive the heathen from your Roman wall, No tribute will we pay : ' so those great lords Drew back in wrath, and Arthur strove with Rome. And Arthur and his knighthood for a space Were all one will, and thro...
Page 34 - Now we shall praise The Guardian of heaven, The might of the Creator, And his counsel, The Glory-Father* of men! How He, of all wonders The Eternal Lord, Formed the beginning. " He first created For the children of men Heaven as a roof, The Holy Creator ! Then, the world The Guardian of mankind, The Eternal Lord, Produced afterwards, — The earth for men, The Almighty Master!
Page 54 - ... in its immutable course ; succeeding waves broke nearer and nearer to his feet, till at length the skirts of his garments and his legs were bathed by the waters. Then, turning to his courtiers and captains, Canute said, " Confess ye now how frivolous and vain is the might of an earthly king compared to that great power who rules the elements, and can say unto the ocean, ' Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther.
Page 54 - ... addressed the ocean, and said — " Ocean ! The land on which I sit is mine, and thou art a part of my dominion ; therefore rise not, but obey my commands, nor presume to wet the edge of my royal robe.

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