. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. ey could not stand, and in rollingscreaming women down hill in barrels. The streets were infested with high-waymen, and a man who wanted to set a
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. ey could not stand, and in rollingscreaming women down hill in barrels. The streets were infested with high-waymen, and a man who wanted to set a duel going could do it inside of fiveminutes. Some of the laws were ferocious, hanging being the penalty for offenceswhich would be punished with a slight fine in these days. It was a commonsight to see men and women publicly whipped through the streets. A personunfortunate enough to fall into debt was thrust into an unspeakably filthy prisonand left to rot and die, while his wife and children starved. Imprisonment fordebt was one of the foulest blots upon the English Government during theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was the profound pity roused in theheart of General Oglethorpe for the awful sufferings of English debtors thatled him to found a colony for them in Georgia. K K *fe»fe»fe» >• V. «5«St *^a--«asr3feWW5w r?- _= _aKt . .-*• r. 9t9«9t ^St«)« «!t « *;t *>-Jt 9t «Jt 9t-iH sjt 9« 9t 9t-St-:Jt <i^ <9t ^t 91 ^ The Landing of the Jacobite Leaders in the Highlands Chapter CXIV THE HOUSE OF HANOVER EGRGE I. (1714-1727) was an odd stick. He wasa little, stupid Dutchman, fifty-four years old, fond ofhis long pipe and beer. He did not know and did notwish to know anything about England, honestly pre-ferring to live a country gentlemans life amid hishomely German court. But he was persuaded that hewould have to make a move; so, after waiting for sixweeks, he took an extra swig from his mug, grunted, rose to hisfeet, and leaving his wife sh
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