Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . into which and throughwhich his red beard has grown ; his head is bowed on his folded hands, and thoughhe from time to time lifts it and opens his eyes, it is but to shut them againquickly, for the right time of his awakening is not come ; he has seen the ravens fly-ing round the mountain, and his long sleep will only end when their black forms areno longer visible, when he will step forth and avenge the wrongs of the story says
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . into which and throughwhich his red beard has grown ; his head is bowed on his folded hands, and thoughhe from time to time lifts it and opens his eyes, it is but to shut them againquickly, for the right time of his awakening is not come ; he has seen the ravens fly-ing round the mountain, and his long sleep will only end when their black forms areno longer visible, when he will step forth and avenge the wrongs of the story says that he is lying in the Untersberg near Salzburg, and thatwhen the dead pear-tree which, thrice cut down, plants itself afresh, shall budforth and blossom, the gallant Rothbart will come out into the bright daylight,hang his shield on the pink-flowered bough, throw down his gauntlet as a gageto all evil-doers, and, aided by the good and chivalrous few who will still be in-habitants of this bad world, will vanquish cruelty and wickedness, and realize thedream of a golden age they have for so long anticipated. RICHARD CGEUR DE LION (1157-1199). R ICHARD I., King of England, sumamedCoeur de Lion, was the third son ofHenry II. and his queen, Eleanor, and wasborn at Oxford, in the kings manor housethere, afterward the monastery of the WhiteFriars, in September, 1157. By the treaty ofMontmirail, concluded on January 6, 1169, be-tween Henry and Louis VII. of France, it wasstipulated that the duchy of Aquitaine shouldbe made over to Richard, who should do homageand fealty for it to Louis, and should espouseAdelais, or Alice, that kings youngest daugh-ter ; and in 1170 King Henry, being taken ill atDomfront, in Maine, made a will, by which heconfirmed this arrangement. In 1173 Richard,with his younger brother, Geoffrey, and theirmother, joined their eldest brother, Henry, inhis first rebellion against their father. On thesubmission of the rebels, in September, 1174, Richard received tw
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