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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... Christians . " From that time he was struck with a great desire to convert the heathen English to the religion of Christ ; and he sent over several missionaries for the sake of accomplishing that Christian work . Since that time , there ...
... Christians . " From that time he was struck with a great desire to convert the heathen English to the religion of Christ ; and he sent over several missionaries for the sake of accomplishing that Christian work . Since that time , there ...
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... victorious . It is in this reign that we first hear about the Crusades ; and these seem to have occupied the thoughts of all the great Christian warriors of those days . But perhaps you have never heard of c 2 LETTER III. ...
... victorious . It is in this reign that we first hear about the Crusades ; and these seem to have occupied the thoughts of all the great Christian warriors of those days . But perhaps you have never heard of c 2 LETTER III. ...
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... Christian believers . He therefore thought that it would be a good Christian work to deliver the Holy Land from the hands of these unbelieving persecutors , the Saracens , and to get it into the possession of the Christians . This Peter ...
... Christian believers . He therefore thought that it would be a good Christian work to deliver the Holy Land from the hands of these unbelieving persecutors , the Saracens , and to get it into the possession of the Christians . This Peter ...
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... Christian Re- ligion . At the same time , I think that they were quite mistaken in their notions of religion , in ex- pecting to propagate the mild spirit of the Christian Faith by means of war and bloodshed . Still , how- ever , these ...
... Christian Re- ligion . At the same time , I think that they were quite mistaken in their notions of religion , in ex- pecting to propagate the mild spirit of the Christian Faith by means of war and bloodshed . Still , how- ever , these ...
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... Christian Religion requires no self - inflicted punishment - it enjoins no hard observances - but it invites us to happi- ness , and shews us the way . The religion of Christ , it is true , calls upon us to deny our- selves , " but it ...
... Christian Religion requires no self - inflicted punishment - it enjoins no hard observances - but it invites us to happi- ness , and shews us the way . The religion of Christ , it is true , calls upon us to deny our- selves , " but it ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 149 - He expired at Greenwich, in the sixteenth year of his age, and the seventh of his reign.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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...