Elements of General History, Ancient and ModernHoratio Hill, 1828 - 571 sivua |
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Sivu 180 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Sivu 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Sivu 206 - In the house of commons, therefore, a committee was appointed to bring in a charge against the king. On their report a vote passed, declaring it treason in a king to levy war against his parliament, and appointing a HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE to try Charles for this new invented treason.
Sivu 138 - It hath been through all ages ever seen, That, with the praise of arms and chivalry, The prize of beauty still hath joined been ; And that for reason's special privity : For either doth on other much rely ; For he...
Sivu 396 - That to pursue schemes of conquest, and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy of this nation.
Sivu 44 - Doric has a masculine grandeur, and a superior air of strength to both the others. It is, therefore, best adapted to works of great magnitude and of a sublime character. The character of sublimity is essentially connected with chasteness and simplicity. Of this order is the temple of Theseus at Athens, built ten years after the battle of Marathon, and at this day almost entire. The Ionic order is light and elegant. The former has a masculine grandeur; the latter a feminine elegance.
Sivu 69 - Gaul, and immense riches, gave him a title to a share of authority. Thus was formed the second Triumvirate, the effects of whose union were beyond measure dreadful to the republic. The Triumviri divided among themselves the provinces, and cemented their union by a deliberate sacrifice made by each of his best friends to the vengeance of his associates. Antony consigned to death his uncle Lucius Caesar, Lepidus his brother Paulus, and Octavius his guardian Toranius, and his friend Cicero.
Sivu 375 - Percival, was assassinated in the lobby of the house of commons by a merchant named Bellingham, who fancied that his just claims had been neglected by government.
Sivu 371 - Articles, is united to the Russian Empire. It shall be irrevocably attached to it by its Constitution, and be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity.
Sivu 98 - Tacitus (though this people was probably not of Scythian, but of Celtic origin) may, in many particulars, be applied to the ancient nations of Scandinavia ; and the same description coincides remarkably with the account given by Herodotus of the manners of the Scythians. Their life was spent in hunting, pasturage, and predatory war. Their dress, their weapons, their food, their respect for their women, their religious worship, were the same. They despised learning, and had no other records for many...