Comic History of England
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. INVASION OF CAESAR: THE DISCOVERY OF TIN
AND CONSEQUENT ENLIGHTENMENT OF BRITAIN.
CHAPTER II. THE VARIOUS ROMAN YOKES: THEIR GROWTH,
DEGENERATION, AND FINAL ELIMINATION.
CHAPTER III. THE ADVENT OF THE ANGLES: CAUSES WHICH
LED TO THE REHABILITATION OF BRITAIN ON NEW LINES.
CHAPTER IV. THE INFLUX OF THE DANES: FACTS SHOWING
CONCLUSIVELY THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE BRITON OF TO-DAY.
CHAPTER V. THE TROUBLOUS MIDDLE AGES: DEMONSTRATING
A SHORT REIGN FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL AT A ROYAL GAIT.
CHAPTER VI. THE DANISH OLIGARCHY: DISAFFECTIONS
ATTENDING CHRONIC USURPATION PROCLIVITIES.
CHAPTER VII. OTHER DISAGREEABLE CLAIMANTS: FOREIGN
FOIBLES INTRODUCED, ONLY TO BE EXPUNGED WITH CHARACTERISTIC PUGNACITY.
CHAPTER VIII. THE NORMAN CONQUEST: COMPLEX
COMMINGLING OF FACETIOUS ACCORD AND IMPLACABLE DISCORD.
CHAPTER IX. THE FEUDAL SYSTEM: SUCCESSFUL
INAUGURATION OF HOMOGENEAL METHODS FOR RESTRICTING INCOMPATIBLE
DEMAGOGUES.
CHAPTER X. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY: LIGHT DISSERTATION
ON THE KNIGHTS-ERRANT, MAIDS, FOOLS, PRELATES, AND OTHER NOTORIOUS
CHARACTERS OF THAT PERIOD.
CHAPTER XI. CONQUEST OF IRELAND: UNCOMFORTABLE
EFFECTS FOLLOWING THE CULTIVATION OF AN ACQUISITORIAL PROPENSITY.
CHAPTER XII. MAGNA CHARTA INTRODUCED: SLIGHT
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN OVERCOMING AN UNPOPULAR AND UNREASONABLE
PREJUDICE.
CHAPTER XIII. FURTHER DISAGREEMENTS RECORDED:
ILLUSTRATING THE AMIABILITY OF THE JEW AND THE PERVERSITY OF THE SCOT.
CHAPTER XIV. IRRITABILITY OF THE FRENCH:
INTERMINABLE DISSENSION, ASSISTED BY THE PLAGUE, CONTINUES REDUCING THE
POPULATION.
CHAPTER XV. MORE SANGUINARY TRIUMPHS: ONWARD MARCH
OF CIVILIZATION GRAPHICALLY DELINEATED WITH THE HISTORIAN'S USUAL
COMPLETENESS.
CHAPTER XVI. UNPLEASANT CAPRICES OF ROYALTY:
INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING AS A SUBSIDIARY AID IN THE PROGRESS OF
EMANCIPATION.
CHAPTER XVII. BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD III.: BEING AN
ALLEGORICAL PANEGYRIC OF THE INCONTROVERTIBLE MACHINATIONS OF AN
EGOTISTICAL USURPER.
CHAPTER XVIII. DISORDER STILL THE POPULAR FAD:
GENERAL ADMIXTURE OF PRETENDERS, RELIGION, POLITICS, AND DISGRUNTLED
MONARCHS.
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