Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 149
... Charles Dickens was born at Landport , in those days a little suburb of Portsmouth , on 7th February 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy pay - office , and in 1816 his duties called him to Chatham , where young Charles was sent to ...
... Charles Dickens was born at Landport , in those days a little suburb of Portsmouth , on 7th February 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy pay - office , and in 1816 his duties called him to Chatham , where young Charles was sent to ...
Page 237
... Charles stepped up to his throne with a gloomy frown , and said to the Speaker , " Is Mr. Pym here ? " But he got no answer , nor was he answered when he said , " Is Mr. Holles here ? " Then he asked the Speaker if the five members were ...
... Charles stepped up to his throne with a gloomy frown , and said to the Speaker , " Is Mr. Pym here ? " But he got no answer , nor was he answered when he said , " Is Mr. Holles here ? " Then he asked the Speaker if the five members were ...
Page 243
... Charles , desirous to put the Anglican Church on its old footing , as in the days of his father , dissolved this Parliament , hoping that at the next election the members would be of a more thorough Royalist and Anglican constitu- tion ...
... Charles , desirous to put the Anglican Church on its old footing , as in the days of his father , dissolved this Parliament , hoping that at the next election the members would be of a more thorough Royalist and Anglican constitu- tion ...
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