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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... Things con- tinued in this state for about four hundred years more , and then Egbert , the king of the West Saxons , united all the seven together , and made them one kingdom . I shall now write down the names of the Saxon kings , that ...
... Things con- tinued in this state for about four hundred years more , and then Egbert , the king of the West Saxons , united all the seven together , and made them one kingdom . I shall now write down the names of the Saxon kings , that ...
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... things , and you must be very particular about the dates : and that you may not be puzzled , I shall tell you but a little at a time : and , I think , you will then recollect what I tell you , and so get a little know- ledge of the ...
... things , and you must be very particular about the dates : and that you may not be puzzled , I shall tell you but a little at a time : and , I think , you will then recollect what I tell you , and so get a little know- ledge of the ...
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... things made many of the Normans wish themselves well back again . Then William , to tempt them to stay , increased their possessions ; and for this purpose he again plundered the English , and still added to their burden . Miserable ...
... things made many of the Normans wish themselves well back again . Then William , to tempt them to stay , increased their possessions ; and for this purpose he again plundered the English , and still added to their burden . Miserable ...
Σελίδα 21
... things in order for them . Henry was glad enough to do this , and he went over to France with a large army , and he ... thing in this world to be depended on , and how vain it is to expect that all the greatness and dignity upon earth ...
... things in order for them . Henry was glad enough to do this , and he went over to France with a large army , and he ... thing in this world to be depended on , and how vain it is to expect that all the greatness and dignity upon earth ...
Σελίδα 23
... thing in this world ! It is our duty as well as our happiness to love our children ; but we should so love them as to feel that they may be , at any moment , taken away from us . How excellent are the words of the poet- " O Death , all ...
... thing in this world ! It is our duty as well as our happiness to love our children ; but we should so love them as to feel that they may be , at any moment , taken away from us . How excellent are the words of the poet- " O Death , all ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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?
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 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...