Read full poem →Edw. And as for you, Lord Mortimer of Chirke,
Whose great achievements in our foreign war
Deserve no common place, nor mean reward;
Dictionary Entry
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
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Poetry examples for “achievements”
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Read full poem →Choose one who interests you, and report on his
or her achievements. Enhance your report by
bringing in and sharing recordings or pictures.
Read full poem →irrespective of party, should begin to praise the
achievements of our country rather than to criti-
cise them! (Applause) Surely a just and
Read full poem →generally noticed by the historians of his time than the impious,
dastardly, cruel, silly, and whimsical achievements which make up
the sum total of his private life and reputation.
Read full poem →With the former he earned a reputation for scholarship ; and
amongst the latter he * acquired fame by his achievements*
in cricket and football, and those other sports by which boys
Read full poem →Or all that we have left is empty talk
Of old achievements, and despair of new....