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Pagina 25 - Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save ; So peace instead of death let us bring : But yield, proud foe, thy fleet With the crews at England's feet, And make submission meet To our King.
Pagina 58 - SINGLE VOICE. IT is the Rhine ! our mountain vineyards laving, I see the bright flood shine ! Sing on the march, with every banner waving — Sing, Brothers ! 'tis the Rhine ! CHonus.
Pagina 28 - There are, however, no roads, and indeed there is no material for making them. One may travel for hundreds of miles over the level surface of the ground, — over the turf in spring, through the thick dust in summer, and over the snow in winter, — without seeing a single object rising above the general surface of the plain.
Pagina 25 - Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies of the English.
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Pagina 101 - Russia ; on the east by the Black Sea ; on the south by the Sea of Marmora...
Pagina 60 - Germany now stands at the head of the military powers of Europe. Every German capable of bearing arms is required to serve in the army for several years. The German army numbers nearly two million. The German navy is of recent origin, but it has grown very rapidly. A new and important naval station was opened at Wilhelmshaven in 1869.
Pagina 93 - The chief objects of interest in Modern Rome are the Church of St. Peter and the Papal Palace of the Vatican. There are as many churches in Rome as there are days in the year ; but of these St. Peter's is the largest and the grandest. Indeed, it is the largest church in the world. It covers nearly twice as much ground as St. Paul's, London. Its dome is enormous, and the colonnades around its court are magnificent.
Pagina 30 - Some flow south — the Volga into the Caspian Sea, the Don into the Sea of Azov and the Dnieper into the Black Sea; others flow north — the Northern Dvina into the White Sea — and north-west — the Western Dvina into the Baltic.
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