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... Henry I. William II . Stephen . The Plantagenets : Henry II . Edward I. Richard I. Edward II . John Edward III . Henry III . Richard II . The House of Lancaster : Henry IV . Henry VI . Henry V. The House of York : Edward IV . Richard ...
... Henry I. William II . Stephen . The Plantagenets : Henry II . Edward I. Richard I. Edward II . John Edward III . Henry III . Richard II . The House of Lancaster : Henry IV . Henry VI . Henry V. The House of York : Edward IV . Richard ...
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... Henry the Fourth's soliloquy : " O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee . " Q. What is Apostrophe ? A. An abrupt and unexpected turn of the speech in addressing some new person : as , " Thou Sun , said I , fair ...
... Henry the Fourth's soliloquy : " O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee . " Q. What is Apostrophe ? A. An abrupt and unexpected turn of the speech in addressing some new person : as , " Thou Sun , said I , fair ...
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... Henry II . in 1154 . Q. What is the date of the Crusades ? A. The first took place in the eleventh century , not many years after the Norman conquest , the second and the third were undertaken in the 12th century . Q. What is the date ...
... Henry II . in 1154 . Q. What is the date of the Crusades ? A. The first took place in the eleventh century , not many years after the Norman conquest , the second and the third were undertaken in the 12th century . Q. What is the date ...
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... Henry VII . Q. What remarkable persons adorned the fifteenth century ? A. Correggio and Raphael , the Painters Columbus -Joan of Arc - and Caxton , the Printer . Q. What are the events of the sixteenth century , as regards English ...
... Henry VII . Q. What remarkable persons adorned the fifteenth century ? A. Correggio and Raphael , the Painters Columbus -Joan of Arc - and Caxton , the Printer . Q. What are the events of the sixteenth century , as regards English ...
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... Henry III . and his Barons ? A. The battle of Lewes , in Sussex , where Henry was taken prisoner ; The battle of Evesham , in Worcestershire , where the Barons were defeated , and Leicester was slain . I Q. What were the battles of Sir ...
... Henry III . and his Barons ? A. The battle of Lewes , in Sussex , where Henry was taken prisoner ; The battle of Evesham , in Worcestershire , where the Barons were defeated , and Leicester was slain . I Q. What were the battles of Sir ...
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Page 48 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, — which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 18 - Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus ; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Page 45 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselve»dishonourable graves.
Page 46 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 6 - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
Page 37 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November : February hath twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have thirty-one ; But leap year coming once in four, February then has one day more.
Page 9 - DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Page 30 - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.
Page 29 - The Colossus of Rhodes; The Sepulchre of Mausolus; The Palace of Cyrus; The Pyramids of Egypt; The Statue of Jupiter, at Olympia; The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus; The Walls of Babylon. The Seven Birth-places of Homer: Septem urbes certant de stirpe insignis Homed, Smyrna, Chios, Colophon, Salamis, Rhodos, Argos, Athenae.
Page 74 - Non habet officii Lucifer omnis idem. Ille Nefastus erit, per quern tria verba silentur : Fastus erit, per quern lege licebit agi.