A plain and short history of England for children;in letters from a father to his son, by the editor of the Cottager's monthly visitor1829 |
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Strana 55
... successful in his contest with the king ? Whom did Montford take prisoners ? What story is related of the manner in which prince Edward escaped ? How did the prince proceed after he had made his escape ? Was there a battle fought ...
... successful in his contest with the king ? Whom did Montford take prisoners ? What story is related of the manner in which prince Edward escaped ? How did the prince proceed after he had made his escape ? Was there a battle fought ...
Strana 66
... success in war , his affairs at home seemed to be constantly going wrong . Instead of carefully considering in his own mind what was best for his people , or of consulting his parliament , or of taking the advice of wise and 66 HISTORY ...
... success in war , his affairs at home seemed to be constantly going wrong . Instead of carefully considering in his own mind what was best for his people , or of consulting his parliament , or of taking the advice of wise and 66 HISTORY ...
Strana 99
... success , in a great measure , depended . He was perhaps never equalled in the arts of war and of government . We cannot help seeing , however , that like many other great warriors , he was ambitious and sometimes cruel . We K 2 ...
... success , in a great measure , depended . He was perhaps never equalled in the arts of war and of government . We cannot help seeing , however , that like many other great warriors , he was ambitious and sometimes cruel . We K 2 ...
Strana 101
... success gave encouragement to some of Wickliff's followers to publish another , and more correct translation of the Bible . But in the year 1408 , it was decreed , " That no one should thereafter translate any text of the Holy Scripture ...
... success gave encouragement to some of Wickliff's followers to publish another , and more correct translation of the Bible . But in the year 1408 , it was decreed , " That no one should thereafter translate any text of the Holy Scripture ...
Strana 102
... successful , at first ? What great battle did he fight ? Who conquered ? What agreement was entered into , on peace being made be- tween England and France ? Where did king Henry keep his court , after this agreement was made ? To what ...
... successful , at first ? What great battle did he fight ? Who conquered ? What agreement was entered into , on peace being made be- tween England and France ? Where did king Henry keep his court , after this agreement was made ? To what ...
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Strana 90 - That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Strana 89 - O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Strana 90 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf 'ning clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes?
Strana 185 - It will soon carry you a great way. It will carry you from earth to heaven, and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
Strana 184 - Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy head too they will cut off at last! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them!
Strana 173 - I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see...
Strana 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Strana 235 - Fabrice's arms, he never recovered. but expired about eleven o'clock the next morning, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign Questions for Examination, \ What was the conduct of the South Sea scheme ? 2 Explain the nature of it, 3.
Strana 69 - Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race; Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace: Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death through Berkley's roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king!
Strana 134 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...