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" ... it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength,... "
Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: With Notices of the Early History of Eton College - Page 449
by Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 504 pages
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Poems, Volume 1

Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1859 - 462 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display o£its might — such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless she silently concentrates...
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French examination papers, a selection set to candidates for ..., Volume 1

French examination papers - 1863 - 282 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing...forth on an adequate occasion. But God forbid that occasion should arise ! — (George Canning.^ Ou, Répondez en français à la lettre suivante : •...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing...century — sometimes singlehanded, and with all Europe arranged at times against her or at her side, England needs a period of tranquillity, and may enjoy...
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Foliorum centuriae, selections for translation into Latin and Greek prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines, springing from inaction into a display of its might,...the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion. G. CANNING 253. KINGS DEBARRED FROM THE PRIVILEGE"OF FOREIGN TRAVEL. Every country has its curiosities...
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History of the Peace: Being a History of England from 1816 to 1854 ..., Volume 2

Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 512 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing...the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion." For that adequate occasion he kept watch as vigilantly as any advocate of war could have done ; for...
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The Ackworth reading book, being selections from the best English authors in ...

Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...is one of those magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might—such is England herself, while, apparently passive and...arise. After a war sustained for nearly a quarter of a century—sometimes single-handed, and with all Europe arranged at times against her or at her side—England...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 7

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might, sach is England herself, while, apparently passive and motionless, she silently con- • centrates...
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Recitations at Whitnash rectory

Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 478 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scatterd elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines, when springing...occasion. But God forbid that that occasion should arise. Canning. Тур. С. LA Pm&r et ftgfr. Ainsi quand le navire aux épaisses murailles, Qui porte un...
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On the Received Text of Shakespeare's Dramatic Writings and Its ..., Volume 2

Samuel Bailey - 1866 - 456 pages
...beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might—such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless, she silently concentrates...
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Questions and exercises adapted to Hiley's English grammar, style, and poetry

Richard Hiley - 1867 - 224 pages
...bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunders. Such is one of those magnificent machines when springing from inaction...silently concentrates the power to be put forth on adequate occasion." Ex. 3. — The following is from Scott's " Kenilworth " : — " The mind of England's...
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