Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church (earlier "for Younger Members of the English Church"), Volume 5J. and C. Mozley, 1868 |
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Page 177
... Granada , and Toledo , were celebrated all over Europe . Thither flocked not only the young nobles of Spain , but those also of distant countries . Crichton says , Córdova , Seville , and Granada , rivalled each other in the ...
... Granada , and Toledo , were celebrated all over Europe . Thither flocked not only the young nobles of Spain , but those also of distant countries . Crichton says , Córdova , Seville , and Granada , rivalled each other in the ...
Page 178
... Granada , whose sovereign , Mohammed Ibu Alahmar , was the vassal of Ferdinand of Castile . Wars again broke out between the Moors and the Spaniards , and were continued down to the period of the conquest of Granada by Ferdinand of ...
... Granada , whose sovereign , Mohammed Ibu Alahmar , was the vassal of Ferdinand of Castile . Wars again broke out between the Moors and the Spaniards , and were continued down to the period of the conquest of Granada by Ferdinand of ...
Page 179
... Granada , ' says Mendoza , * was peopled by the inhabitants of Damascus , who came thither with Tarif , their captain , and ten years after the Arabs had overthrown the Gothic Empire of Spain , chose it as their habitation , because the ...
... Granada , ' says Mendoza , * was peopled by the inhabitants of Damascus , who came thither with Tarif , their captain , and ten years after the Arabs had overthrown the Gothic Empire of Spain , chose it as their habitation , because the ...
Page 180
... Granada was one of the towns of Iberia , and was inhabited by the people whom Tarif Abentiet left there when he took it , after a long siege ; but it was small , poor , and populated by different nations , like many destroyed places ...
... Granada was one of the towns of Iberia , and was inhabited by the people whom Tarif Abentiet left there when he took it , after a long siege ; but it was small , poor , and populated by different nations , like many destroyed places ...
Page 181
... Granada , where a dissension had broken out among them ; they had turned their weapons against each other , and after much slaughter , had retreated over the border . ' The king having quarrelled with the astrologer , the magic ...
... Granada , where a dissension had broken out among them ; they had turned their weapons against each other , and after much slaughter , had retreated over the border . ' The king having quarrelled with the astrologer , the magic ...
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Page 192 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 191 - After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, "Whose light doth trample on my days — My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays.
Page 214 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 191 - They are all gone into the world of light ! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear.
Page 136 - Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble : incline thine ear unto me when I call ; O hear me, and that right soon.
Page 394 - With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten himself the victory. 3 The Lord declared his salvation : His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel : And all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.
Page 191 - He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair Well, or Grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as Angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul, when man doth sleep: So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted...
Page 191 - And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul, when man doth sleep ; So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 97 - Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail; thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. O measureless might, ineffable love, while angels delight to hymn thee above, thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays, with true adoration shall sing to thy praise.