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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... king . He did not , however , reign long without interruption : his opponent was no less a person than William Duke ... became king of England . This is called the conquest , and we trace all our race of kings from William the Conqueror ...
... king . He did not , however , reign long without interruption : his opponent was no less a person than William Duke ... became king of England . This is called the conquest , and we trace all our race of kings from William the Conqueror ...
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... became reconciled . William was a great lover of hunting , and he actually destroyed all the villages in Hampshire ... King of France , and was attacking one of his towns , when his horse happened to put his fore feet upon some hot ashes , ...
... became reconciled . William was a great lover of hunting , and he actually destroyed all the villages in Hampshire ... King of France , and was attacking one of his towns , when his horse happened to put his fore feet upon some hot ashes , ...
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England. plunge so violently , that the injury which the King received , was the cause of his death . His eldest son Robert became Duke of Nor- mandy , and William became King of England . But I must leave the account of this second Wil ...
England. plunge so violently , that the injury which the King received , was the cause of his death . His eldest son Robert became Duke of Nor- mandy , and William became King of England . But I must leave the account of this second Wil ...
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... king particularly fond of ? What tyrannical act did he commit to enable him to pursue this amusement ? Where did William die , and what was the cause of his death ? In what year was this ? Who became king of England after William ...
... king particularly fond of ? What tyrannical act did he commit to enable him to pursue this amusement ? Where did William die , and what was the cause of his death ? In what year was this ? Who became king of England after William ...
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... became of him ? Had Henry any children ? What happened to Henry's son ? Did any other persons perish with the young prince ? How many were saved ? How did the king bear his loss ? In what year did King Henry die ? LETTER V. MY DEAR BOY ...
... became of him ? Had Henry any children ? What happened to Henry's son ? Did any other persons perish with the young prince ? How many were saved ? How did the king bear his loss ? In what year did King Henry die ? LETTER V. MY DEAR BOY ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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...