. 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. eath to give him welcome. The soldiers weresilent, but sullen, for it was a bitter sight to them. The Puritans were equallysour, for they looked
. 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. eath to give him welcome. The soldiers weresilent, but sullen, for it was a bitter sight to them. The Puritans were equallysour, for they looked upon the funeral of their fondest hopes; but there was nohelp for it. The Commonwealth had perished because of the quarrels of itsfriends. The Puritans were devoutly religious, yet bigoted to the last degree, andthey committed the fatal mistake of insisting that other people should accepttheir pattern of religion. They were lacking in all the elements of sweetcharity, and frowned upon the most innocent amusements. The Long Parlia-ment ordered that Christmas should be kept as a fast day, and the most triflingbreaches of morality were punished with rigorous severity. It was this spiritthat was carried across the ocean and led a governor in Massachusetts toreprove a party of little children for dancing round a May-pole; that causedthe persecution of Roger Williams and the Quakers, and that carried out thatfrightful tragedy, the Salem
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