. 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. t. When he became King, matters grew worse than nation paid more than a million dollars for his coro-nation. The jewels in which he ap
. 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. t. When he became King, matters grew worse than nation paid more than a million dollars for his coro-nation. The jewels in which he appeared were borrowed,and he stole them, for his neglect to return them amounted tonothing less than that, and Parliament, as meek as ever, paidfor them. Added to his incredible extravagance, this moral pervert did all hecould to oppose reforms, simply because they iuc7-e reforms. When he was madeRegent in 1811, he wanted to form a Whig ministry, knowing that that wascontrary to his fathers wishes. Convinced that it could not be done, he ac-cepted Tory rule, and formed an administration whose chief aim was to preventthe Catholics from having representation in Parliament. What a commentaryon the idiocy of the English method of government that, while this loathsomepauper was spending thousands of dollars every day on his vices, there weretens of thousands of poor people whose shoes he was not worthy to unloose,suffering the pangs of starvation !. 1114 The Story of the Greatest Nations When the people assembled to discuss their grievances, they were dispersedby troops. So many were killed and wounded at Manchester, where the sol-diers fired into the assemblage, that it was afterward referred to as the Man-chester Massacre. A man named Thistlewood and several desperate char-acters met in a stable in Cato Street, London, and formed a plot to murder thewhole Cabinet while at dinner. The scheme was discovered, and the leaderand four of his comrades were hanged. The marriage of the Prin
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