. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. i Will \\!> 111^ 111 Canute, of whom you , was the king who ordered his throneto be placed on the margin of thi said Wyllys to Master Lewis, and then commanded the sea to rise no farther. A VISIT TO OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK. 155. But the sea rose, said Master Lewis, and the king refused to wear again his golden crown for ever, resolving to serve only that King who rules the sea. The history of Oxford covers a period of a thou-sand years, continued Mas-ter Lewis. Here Queen Matilda, or the Empress Maud, as she was cal
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. i Will \\!> 111^ 111 Canute, of whom you , was the king who ordered his throneto be placed on the margin of thi said Wyllys to Master Lewis, and then commanded the sea to rise no farther. A VISIT TO OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK. 155. But the sea rose, said Master Lewis, and the king refused to wear again his golden crown for ever, resolving to serve only that King who rules the sea. The history of Oxford covers a period of a thou-sand years, continued Mas-ter Lewis. Here Queen Matilda, or the Empress Maud, as she was called, because she had been the wife of the German Em-peror, was besieged by King Stephen, who had usurped the throne, and thence she fled from him one snowy day, herself and attendants dressed in white that they \ might not be discovered; here the people closed the gates against William the Conqueror; here Richard I. was born, and here Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer werej burned. The early history! of nearly all great English scholars for many centuries is associ-! ated with the colleges in this place.• ** How green are the English meadows with their hedgerows and trees ! said Wyllys. And how bright are the streams that run among them! An English landscape is more rich and varied than an American. I
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