The Children's Picture-book of English HistoryAppleton, 1861 - 272 páginas |
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... Field 151 Defeat of Perkin Warbeck . The Field of the Cloth of Gold Sir Thomas More and his Children • 157 161 • 169 173 179 Edward VI . at his Studies . Cranmer led to Execution Elizabeth Reviewing the Troops at Tilbury Discovery of ...
... Field 151 Defeat of Perkin Warbeck . The Field of the Cloth of Gold Sir Thomas More and his Children • 157 161 • 169 173 179 Edward VI . at his Studies . Cranmer led to Execution Elizabeth Reviewing the Troops at Tilbury Discovery of ...
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... fields , such as we see now ; but most of the island was covered with great forests and marshes . The people who lived in it were called BRITONS , and were wild , igno- rant savages . In summer they went about naked ; and in winter they ...
... fields , such as we see now ; but most of the island was covered with great forests and marshes . The people who lived in it were called BRITONS , and were wild , igno- rant savages . In summer they went about naked ; and in winter they ...
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... many cities , the names of some of which you know , such as London , and York , and Bath . They taught the people how to plough the fields and to sow corn , that they might have bread to eat . They brought to 24 The Romans in England .
... many cities , the names of some of which you know , such as London , and York , and Bath . They taught the people how to plough the fields and to sow corn , that they might have bread to eat . They brought to 24 The Romans in England .
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... field of battle , William- He now called THE CONQUEROR - slowly ad- vanced towards London , burning and de- stroying many towns and villages on his way . Before he reached London , some of the nobles and bishops came out to meet him ...
... field of battle , William- He now called THE CONQUEROR - slowly ad- vanced towards London , burning and de- stroying many towns and villages on his way . Before he reached London , some of the nobles and bishops came out to meet him ...
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... field . For a short time all went on well with his cause ; but while besieging the Castle of Mirabel , he was sur- prised by John , who defeated his followers , took him prisoner , and placed him in the Castle of Rouen . John , having ...
... field . For a short time all went on well with his cause ; but while besieging the Castle of Mirabel , he was sur- prised by John , who defeated his followers , took him prisoner , and placed him in the Castle of Rouen . John , having ...
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Abbey afterwards Alfred angry Anne Anne Boleyn Archbishop ascended the throne attack Barons battle beheaded Bishop Black Prince brave Britain Britons brother burnt called Castle Charles Church cousin Cromwell crown cruel cruelly Danes daughter death defeated died Druids Duke of York Earl of Warwick Edward Edward the Confessor Edwy eldest Elizabeth Elizabeth Woodville English escape Ethelred father favour fight fought French gave George George III Glendower Gloucester Harold head heard Henry invaded Ireland James John Katherine killed King of England King of France kingdom Lady land large army London Lord marched Marlborough married Mary Maude murdered named nation nobles Normandy obliged Parliament peace Pope Prince of Wales Princess promised Queen reign returned Richard Robert Roman Catholic Saxon Scotland Scots sent ship slain soldiers soon taken prisoner Thomas à Becket thousand Tower town victory Wat Tyler wife William wished young
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Página 163 - Had I served my God as faithfully as I have served my king, he would not thus have forsaken me in my old age" The character you appear to us in, is truly ridiculous.
Página 172 - I yield thee most hearty thanks that thou hast given me life thus long to finish this work to the glory of thy name!
Página 225 - ... middle height; thin and illshaped ; his shoulders somewhat round ; his hair of a light brown ; his forehead large, and his nose aquiline. His eyes, however, were sparkling and agreeable, and, when lighted up, gave a not unpleasant expression to his countenance. King William died at Kensington Palace, on the 8th of March, 1702, in the fifty-second year of his age, and the thirteenth of his reign over England. His body, having been previously embalmed and laid in state, was interred on the 12th...
Página 159 - They are most of them," subjoined he, " my retainers, who are come to do me service at this time, when they know I am honoured with your majesty's presence." The king started a little, and said, " By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer, but I must not allow my laws to be broken in my sight. My attorney must speak with you.
Página 195 - ... expired, in the fiftyninth year of his age, and the twenty-third of his reign. Of his seven children, three sons and four daughters, two only survived him ; Charles, his successor on the throne, and Elizabeth, the titular queen of Bohemia.
Página 96 - Welsh princes, and thus ended the independence of Wales. Since that time the Welsh have been a part of the British nation, and they now weave stockings and dig coal and iron...
Página 185 - God and my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust. 1 know that I have but the body of a weak woman ; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince in Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm. I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, the judge of your valour, and the rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.
Página 181 - When your crimes exceed ours,' was the answer. For 213 years had Calais been held by our kings, and was a little English colony, sending two members to parliament. The whole country was full of grief and rage at the loss, and Mary declared that when she died the name of Calais would be found written on her heart. A few ships had been appointed to relieve the place, but were hindered by storms. Guisnes, which was defended by Lord Grey de Wilton, was forced to yield, and Lord Edward Dudley thought...
Página 139 - She advanced towards him, and presenting to him the young prince, called out to him, " Here, my friend, I commit to your care the safety of your king's son.
Página 129 - Catherine, daughter of Charles VI., King of France. After the death of the King, she married a handsome Welsh gentleman, named Owen Tudor, by whom she had a son, Edmund, Earl of Richmond, through whom Henry VII., of the House of Tudor, came to ascend the throne. Issue.— One son, Henry. Death. — Being seized with a disease which the medical skill of the times could not cure, he died August 31, 1422, at...