A chronological sketch of the kings of England; from the conquest to the present reign, by H.M.L. |
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Page 22 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 30 - Sire, I am too old to change my habitudes needlessly. When the late king your father, of glorious memory, did me the honour to enter into conversation with me on his great and important affairs, he always, as a preamble, made all the buffoons go out.
Page 14 - Thomas, Duke of Clarence; John, Duke of Bedford; Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester; Blanche, who was married to the Duke of Bavaria; and Philippa, who was married to the King of Denmark.
Page 16 - My father was King; his father also was King; I myself have worn the crown forty years from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to mine. How then can my right be disputed...
Page 26 - I am dead, they will want, perhaps, to make thee king ; but thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive : therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them." The child looked earnestly in his father's face, and exclaimed, " I will be torn in pieces first :" — an answer that made the king shed tears.
Page 13 - My friends, be not concerned for the loss of your unworthy leader; I will be your leader." And turning his horse, he rode into the open fields at the head of the multitude, who seemed to follow him unconsciously, and without knowing why.
Page 7 - Richard died on the 6th of April, 1199, in the forty-second year of his age, and tenth of his reign. He left all his dominions to his brother John. He had at one time appointed Arthur of Brittany his heir, but on his death-bed he altered his will...
Page 21 - Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr to the palace as Queen.
Page 12 - Because," rejoined the jester, " they did not jump into the sea, as our brave men have done." The king then demanded an explanation, and heard from his courtiers the whole disastrous story.
Page 37 - this forbearance makes no part of my religion; but I think it is a respect which we owe to the hospitality, and the morally decent conduct of the nation under whose protection we live, to give up a trifling gratification that is incompatible with their ideaa of sanctity and decorum.