The Comic History of England, Volumen 1Published at the Punch Office, 1847 - 304 páginas |
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Página 214 - ... specially if he be young, causes him to believe that he may just as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb ; and the end of that young man is not pretty.
Página 7 - ... of pawn by their countrymen. It is believed that they were ultimately got rid of at a sale of unredeemed pledges, where they were put up in lots of half a dozen, and knocked down as slaves to the highest bidder.
Página 46 - Merrily sung the monks within Ely, ' When Cnute king rowed there by. — Row, my knights, row near the land, And hear we these monks
Página 160 - Give a dog a bad name and hang him," was literally realised. After the death of Mortimer, queen Isabella was shut up in a place called the Castle of...
Página 27 - Alfred to his friends, and the pepper freely bestowed on his enemies. He died on the 26th of October, 901, in the fifty-third year of his age, and thirtieth of his reign, having fought in person fifty-six times ; so that his life must have been one continued round of sparring with one or other of his enemies. All the chroniclers and historians have agreed in...
Página 140 - The measure he adopted was singularly dramatic: he stood forth before the people of London, mounted on a platform in front of Westminster Hall, nobody being near him save his son Edward, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Earl of Warwick: he told the people that nobody grieved more than he did for the burdensome taxes laid upon his dear subjects, but this burden was one of absolute necessity to preserve not only his crown, but their blood, from the Welsh, the Scots, and the French.
Página 147 - ... surliness and ill-temper were utterly unparalleled. They prepared forty-one articles, to which they insisted on having the consent of his majesty. Of course, in the catalogue of claims our old friend Magna Charta was not forgotten. This glorious instrument of our early liberties, was once more touched up, and a new clause introduced, which imparted freshness to the document. It provided " that the king should hold a Parliament once a year, or twice if need be...
Página 320 - ... according to his cloth, but should select his cloth according to the means he had of buying it. Apparel was not the only thing with which the law interfered, but some Acts were passed, fixing the rate of meals to be allowed to servants, and thus ameliorating their condition. Articles of dress were subjected to the most stringent legislation, and tailors were of necessity guided by Parliamentary measures ; carters and ploughmen were limited by law to a blanket, so that the lightness of the restrictions...
Página 237 - ... period they had mutton chop en papillotes they were at last reduced to the papillotes without the meat, but with their tremendous twists they of course could not be expected to make a satisfactory meal off curl-papers. They accordingly surrendered, and Henry, on the 16th of January, 1419, entered Eouen, where ambassadors from the various factions in France were sent to him. He was, however, quite open to all, but decidedly influenced by none, and had a polite word for each, but a wink for those...
Página 208 - Call me early if you're waking," were the king's last words to his valet, and in the morning the coronation procession started for the Abbey of Westminster. Henry walked under a blue silk canopy, supported on silver staves, with golden bells at each corner, and carried by four burgesses of Dover, who claimed it as their right, for the loyalty of the Dover people was in those days inspired only by the hope of a perquisite. The king might have got wet through to the skin before they would have held...