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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... Becket . This celebrated man rose from a very low station to be Archbishop of Canter- bury . He made great pretensions to piety , but he appears to have known very little of the na- ture of true religion , and seems to have thought that ...
... Becket . This celebrated man rose from a very low station to be Archbishop of Canter- bury . He made great pretensions to piety , but he appears to have known very little of the na- ture of true religion , and seems to have thought that ...
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... Becket ! We read that , he was , in person , the most mortified man that could be seen ; that he wore sackcloth next his skin ; that he changed it so seldom , that it was filled with dirt and vermin ; that his usual 66 diet was bread ...
... Becket ! We read that , he was , in person , the most mortified man that could be seen ; that he wore sackcloth next his skin ; that he changed it so seldom , that it was filled with dirt and vermin ; that his usual 66 diet was bread ...
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... Becket , when he was nearly the greatest man in the king- dom . But , under this appearance of humility , Becket had a heart full of pride and ambition . He had very great power among the clergy , but , instead of using it in support of ...
... Becket , when he was nearly the greatest man in the king- dom . But , under this appearance of humility , Becket had a heart full of pride and ambition . He had very great power among the clergy , but , instead of using it in support of ...
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... Becket was dispatched . Four of the king's at- tendants , who knew their master's wishes , set off to Canterbury , and cruelly murdered Becket whilst he was kneeling at the altar at his prayers . You may be sure , that , after this ...
... Becket was dispatched . Four of the king's at- tendants , who knew their master's wishes , set off to Canterbury , and cruelly murdered Becket whilst he was kneeling at the altar at his prayers . You may be sure , that , after this ...
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... Becket ? How did he clothe himself ? What was his usual diet ? Did he inflict severe punishment on his body ? Is this sort of penance required by the Christian religion ? Was Becket humble - minded , or proud ? Was the king offended by ...
... Becket ? How did he clothe himself ? What was his usual diet ? Did he inflict severe punishment on his body ? Is this sort of penance required by the Christian religion ? Was Becket humble - minded , or proud ? Was the king offended by ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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...
Page 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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...