Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 301
t;—be still! keepdown thine ire! Bid these white lips a blessing speak,—this earth isnot my sire: Give me back him for whom I strove,—for whommy blood was shed. Thou canst not?—and a king!—his dust be moun-tains on thy head! He loosed the steed,—his slack hand fell; upon thesilent face He cast one… … 5v,.>->;y^^,,^!5sOU will never meet a more interestingcharacter in history than David, thegreat king of the Israelites, who, it isusually claimed, reigned from about1055 *B. C. to 1015 B. C. UnderDavid the Jews reached the height oftheir power, and he is regarded as theirgreatest conqueror. A…
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