Identifier: storyofgreatestn06elli (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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England—The Protestant Bible ^^5S place stuff on theology and witchcraft, and verses which had no merit at all.Sir Walter Ralfeigh had introduced the use of tobacco in England, and KingJames directed one of his mushy fulminations against the noxious weed. De-spite all this, he often displayed glimmerings of broad ability and statesman-ship ; but had he not been born to the purple, he would have attracted no attention from any one. While on his way from Scotland to receive the crown, an immense petitionwas presented to him from the Puritan clergy, asking that they might be per-mitted to preach without wearing a surplice, to perform the marriage ceremonywithout using the ring, to baptize without making the sign o>f the cross on thechilds forehead, and to dispense with bishops. The King held a conference atHampton Court near London, eager for the chance to display his learningBut he distrusted the Puritans. He was an unshakable believer in the divineright of kings to rule, and looke

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