A Child's History of England
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By CHARLES DICKENS. This Number is Complete, Unchanged and Unabridged. Vol.LXX. DOUBLE ,{NUMBER. SGEORGE MUNRO, PUBLISHER, Nos. 17 to 2T Vakdewater Street, New York. SPRICE ?120 CENTS. JN o. 1411 The Seaside Library, Issued Daily. By Subscription. $3G pel annum. Copyrighted 1883, by George Munro. Entered at the Post Oflice at New York atS econd Class Rates. November 4, AC hilds History of England....
MoreBy CHARLES DICKENS. This Number is Complete, Unchanged and Unabridged. Vol.LXX. DOUBLE ,{NUMBER. SGEORGE MUNRO, PUBLISHER, Nos. 17 to 2T Vakdewater Street, New York. SPRICE ?120 CENTS. JN o. 1411 The Seaside Library, Issued Daily. By Subscription. $3G pel annum. Copyrighted 1883, by George Munro. Entered at the Post Oflice at New York atS econd Class Rates. November 4, AC hilds History of England. By CHARLES DICKENS. CHAPTER I. ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS. If you look at aM ap of theW orld, you will see, in the left-hand 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 I slands. I reland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon theM ap 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, a long, long while ago, before Our Saviour was bom on earth and lay asleep in a 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 parts 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 I slands, and the savage I slanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the rest of the world knew nothing of them. .I tis supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came in ships to these I slands, 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 c
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