He shouted, "A horse! A horse! My
kingdom for a horse." But there was no horse for him. His soldiers
were intent on saving themselves. They could not give him any help.
The battle was lost. King Richard was lost. Henry became king of
England.
"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost;
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost;
For the want of a horse the battle was lost;
For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost;--
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."
Richard the Third was one of England's worst kings. Henry, the Duke
of Richmond, made war upon him and defeated him in a great battle.
THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE
When John Adams was president and Thomas Jefferson was vice president
of the United States, there was not a railroad in all the world.
People did not travel very much. There were no broad, smooth highways
as there are now. The roads were crooked and muddy and rough.
If a man was obliged to go from one city to another, he often rode on
horseback. Instead of a trunk for his clothing, he carried a pair of
saddlebags. Instead of sitting at his ease in a parlor car, he went
jolting along through mud and mire, exposed to wind and weather.
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