. 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. London was reeling under this stroke, a fire fortunatelybroke out and burned up all the city except a fringe of houses on the
. 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. London was reeling under this stroke, a fire fortunatelybroke out and burned up all the city except a fringe of houses on the as the calamity seemed, in no other way could the horriblepestilence have been driven out and the air purified so that one could inhale itwithout having his lungs poisoned. The spot where the flames first burst outis still marked by a monument near London Bridge. The city was rebuilt bySir Christopher Wren, the greatest architect of the period. He replaced thewooden buildings with those of brick and stone. The present cathedral of was reared on the foundations of the old structure. Under the granddome of this, his most magnificent work, the ashes of the famous master-builderjare laid. On a tablet near the tomb is this inscription in Latin : Reader, ifyou seek his monument, look around. London had hardly been rebuilt when Holland, which was at war withEngland on account of a rivalry in trade, sent a fleet up the Medway. Charles :,. England—The War with Holland 1075 had been granted a large sum of money by Parliament with which to build anavy, whereupon he and his associates promptly squandered it in few ships he had were ready to fall to pieces, while their crews were onthe verge of mutiny, because they had not been paid for months. On boardthe Dutch fleet were many English sailors who had deserted in disgust, hopingthereby to bring their sovereign to a sense of his duty. After burning severalpartially built men-of-war at Chatham, the invaders made t
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