History of King Charles the Second of England Jacob Abbott Author
by Jacob Abbott
2021-04-03 14:09:12
History of King Charles the Second of England Jacob Abbott Author
by Jacob Abbott
2021-04-03 14:09:12
The reign of Charles the First, as will be seen by the history of his life in this series, wascharacterized by a long and obstinate contest between the king and the people, which brought on, atlast, a civil war, in which the king was defeated and tak...
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The reign of Charles the First, as will be seen by the history of his life in this series, wascharacterized by a long and obstinate contest between the king and the people, which brought on, atlast, a civil war, in which the king was defeated and taken prisoner, and in the end beheaded on ablock, before one of his own palaces. During the last stages of this terrible contest, and beforeCharles way himself taken prisoner, he was, as it were, a fugitive and an outlaw in his owndominions. His wife and family were scattered in various foreign lands, his cities and castles were inthe hands of his enemies, and his oldest son, the prince Charles, was the object of special hostility.The prince incurred, therefore, a great many dangers, and suffered many heavy calamities in his earlyyears. He lived to see these calamities pass away, and, after they were gone, he enjoyed, so far as hisown personal safety and welfare were concerned, a tranquil and prosperous life. The storm,however, of trial and suffering which enveloped the evening of his father's days, darkened themorning of his own. The life of Charles the First was a river rising gently, from quiet springs, in ascene of verdure and sunshine, and flowing gradually into rugged and gloomy regions, where at lastit falls into a terrific abyss, enveloped in darkness and storms. That of Charles the Second, on theother hand, rising in the wild and rugged mountains where the parent stream was engulfed,commences its course by leaping frightfully from precipice to precipice, with turbid and foamingwaters, but emerges at last into a smooth and smiling land, and flows through it prosperously to thesea.
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