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...so small a book with a preface is, I am half afraid, to sin against proportion. But a preface is more than an author can resist, for it is the reward of his labours. When the foundation stone is laid, the architect appears with his plans, and struts for an hour before the public eye. So with the writer in hisPreface: he may have never a word to say, but he must show himsel...

...ens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in ... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...roubled England sorely. These were the Northmen, the people of Denmark and Norway, whom the English called the Danes. They were a warlike people, quit... ... first year of his reign, fought nine battles with the Danes. He made some treaties with them too, by which the false Danes swore they would quit the ... ...t they cared little for it, for they thought nothing of breaking oaths and treaties too, as soon as it suited their purpose, and coming back again to ... ... rebel brother in Flanders, who was a vassal of Harold Hardrada , King of Norway. This brother, and this Norwegian King, joining their forces against... ...hat man who has fallen?’ Harold asked of one of his captains. ‘The King of Norway,’ he replied. ‘He is a tall and stately king,’ said Harold, ‘but his... ...de, the Parliament granted money for the beginning of hostilities, and the treaties with Spain were publicly declared to be at an end. The Spanish amb...

...Excerpt: If you look at a map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Irela...