The entire monarchy of the Turk is governed by one lord, the others are his servants; and, dividing his
kingdom into sanjaks, he sends there different administrators, and shifts and changes them as he chooses.
I was a child and She was a child, In this
kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love - I and my ANNABEL LEE - With a love that the wingéd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.
As I have lived a long time in this country, and borne a share in all that has passed, I will present the reader with a short account of what I have observed, and of the revolution which forced us to abandon Aethiopia, and destroyed all our hopes of reuniting this
kingdom with the Roman Church.
Meantime the old king was lingering on in daily hope of his son's return, till at last the second son said, 'Father, I will go in search of the Water of Life.' For he thought to himself, 'My brother is surely dead, and the
kingdom will fall to me if I find the water.' The king was at first very unwilling to let him go, but at last yielded to his wish.
"She is called the Princess Micomicona," said the curate; "for as her
kingdom is Micomicon, it is clear that must be her name."
"He's the holiest thing we have in the
kingdom," replied King Kleaver.
No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic; and certainly to a
kingdom or estate, a just and honorable war, is the true exercise.
Now the corruptions attending each of these governments are these; a
kingdom may degenerate into a tyranny, an aristocracy into an oligarchy, and a state into a democracy.
I had scattered some branch schools secretly about the
kingdom, and they were doing very well.
I was very desirous to see the chief temple, and particularly the tower belonging to it, which is reckoned the highest in the
kingdom. Accordingly one day my nurse carried me thither, but I may truly say I came back disappointed; for the height is not above three thousand feet, reckoning from the ground to the highest pinnacle top; which, allowing for the difference between the size of those people and us in Europe, is no great matter for admiration, nor at all equal in proportion (if I rightly remember) to Salisbury steeple.
After all I had gone through, and my fear of being recognised by some enemy, I could only travel very slowly and cautiously, generally resting in some out-of-the-way place by day, and walking as far as I was able by night, but at length I arrived in the
kingdom of my uncle, of whose protection I was sure.
But already the fame of Oxford had reached the northern
kingdom, and Barbour was anxious to share in the treasures of learning to be found there.