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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Pàgina 37
... considered by historians as a good king ? But was he not guilty of great crimes ? LETTER VII . MY DEAR BOY , HENRY THE SECOND was the last king I wrote to you about . After his death came his son , Richard the First , who was a very ...
... considered by historians as a good king ? But was he not guilty of great crimes ? LETTER VII . MY DEAR BOY , HENRY THE SECOND was the last king I wrote to you about . After his death came his son , Richard the First , who was a very ...
Pàgina 60
... . Soon after this , there was a dispute about the crown of Scotland , there being several persons who considered themselves as the rightful heirs . The dispute was referred to king Edward ; and his 60 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... . Soon after this , there was a dispute about the crown of Scotland , there being several persons who considered themselves as the rightful heirs . The dispute was referred to king Edward ; and his 60 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
Pàgina 85
... Richard was too young to govern ? Were large taxes required to pay the expenses of the late king's wars ? What tax was considered very severe on the poor ? I RICHARD II . 85 The poor king Richard was barbarously mur- ...
... Richard was too young to govern ? Were large taxes required to pay the expenses of the late king's wars ? What tax was considered very severe on the poor ? I RICHARD II . 85 The poor king Richard was barbarously mur- ...
Pàgina 138
... considered more expert than any in England . Her body was thrown into a common chest , and was buried in the Tower . If you ever go to see the Tower of London , they will shew you the very axe which was used in beheading Queen Anna ...
... considered more expert than any in England . Her body was thrown into a common chest , and was buried in the Tower . If you ever go to see the Tower of London , they will shew you the very axe which was used in beheading Queen Anna ...
Pàgina 141
... affectionate father . QUESTIONS . In what year did Henry VIII . begin to reign ? What great change was made in the state of religion during his reign ? What is meant by the Reformation ? Who was considered HENRY VIII . 141.
... affectionate father . QUESTIONS . In what year did Henry VIII . begin to reign ? What great change was made in the state of religion during his reign ? What is meant by the Reformation ? Who was considered HENRY VIII . 141.
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Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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!
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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!
Pàgina 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...