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Page 15 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 45 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 42 - Thy people ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 25 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Page 19 - Upon approaching the Falls, you emerge from a thick wood, and come suddenly upon the river, gliding gently among confused masses of rock. A few steps more, over huge blocks of granite, bring you to the brink of a fearful chasm, rocky, bare, and black...
Page 3 - The space between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle is called the North Temperate Zone, and that between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle is the South Temperate Zone.
Page 87 - In the hollow of this rock was beheaded, on the 1st day of July, 1312, by barons lawless as himself, Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, the minion of a hateful king, in life and death a memorable instance of misrule.
Page 95 - It is famous for the great men who have borne the title of earl and duke of it. Lionel, third son of Edward III. becoming possessed of the honour of Clare, by marriage, was created duke of Clarence ; and that title has ever since belonged to a branch of the royal family. Here are the ruins of a castle...
Page 62 - On the outside of the south wall is fixed a small stone tablet, inclosed with pales ; and some rose trees are planted on each side of the tablet. This is to the memory of Edward Rose, citizen of London, who died in 1653, and who left 201.
Page 95 - Mary, queen of France, who was married to Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. At this town the barons met and entered into a league against king John. Henry VI. called a parliament here in 1446, when Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, was imprisoned, and here he died, as supposed, by poison. The assizes for the county are held here ; and it has a free-school founded by Edward VI.