A Child's History of England
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If you look at a map of the world, you will see, in the lefthand upper corner of theE astern Hemisphere, two islands lying in the sea. They are England andS cotland, and I reland. England andS cotland form the greater part of these islands. I reland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon the map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, broken o...
MoreIf you look at a map of the world, you will see, in the lefthand upper corner of theE astern Hemisphere, two islands lying in the sea. They are England andS cotland, and I reland. England andS cotland form the greater part of these islands. I reland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon the map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water. In the old days,along, long while ago, before ourS avioul was born on earth, and lay asleep in the manger, these islands were in the same place ;and the stormy sea roared round them, just as it roars now. But the sea was not alive then with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all paits of the world. It was very lonely. The islands lay solitary in the great expanse of water. The foaming waves dashed against their cliffs, and the bleak winds blew over their forests. But the winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the islands ;and the savage islanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the rest of the world knew nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came in ships to these islands, and found that they produced tin and lead ;both very useful things, as you know, and both produced to this very hour upon the sea-coast. The most celebrated tin-mines inC ornW all are still close to the sea.
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