Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the Earlist Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is Added, a Summary of the Leading Events Since that Period. For the Use of Schools and of Private StudentsLea & Blanchard, 1844 - 561 sivua |
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... celebrated mountain is situated in 39 ° 42 ' N. 440 18 ' E. nearly in the centre between the southern extremities of the Euxine and the Caspian seas , and is visible at the distance of 180 or 200 miles . Spreading its broad base along ...
... celebrated mountain is situated in 39 ° 42 ' N. 440 18 ' E. nearly in the centre between the southern extremities of the Euxine and the Caspian seas , and is visible at the distance of 180 or 200 miles . Spreading its broad base along ...
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... celebrated Fohi , 2207. By him the people were divided into a hundred families , each having , as at present , a particular name ; the sacred rites of marriage were enforced ; the land was cultivated , cattle bred , and metals forged ...
... celebrated Fohi , 2207. By him the people were divided into a hundred families , each having , as at present , a particular name ; the sacred rites of marriage were enforced ; the land was cultivated , cattle bred , and metals forged ...
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... celebrated at Athens commemorative of the catastrophe . Somewhat later occurred the deluge of Deucalion , which appears to have been confined to Thessaly , and to have been caused by a convulsion of the earth which stopped up the course ...
... celebrated at Athens commemorative of the catastrophe . Somewhat later occurred the deluge of Deucalion , which appears to have been confined to Thessaly , and to have been caused by a convulsion of the earth which stopped up the course ...
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... celebrated exertion of authority on the part of the council respected the town of Crissa , against which it declared war . Hostilities were protracted for more than ten years , when , principally by the advice of Solon , the place was ...
... celebrated exertion of authority on the part of the council respected the town of Crissa , against which it declared war . Hostilities were protracted for more than ten years , when , principally by the advice of Solon , the place was ...
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... celebrated as a poli- tician than as a historian and poet . Pagan antiquity , while denying his divine mission , has represented him as a man of profound learning , who rescued the Jews from debasement and slavery , and taught them the ...
... celebrated as a poli- tician than as a historian and poet . Pagan antiquity , while denying his divine mission , has represented him as a man of profound learning , who rescued the Jews from debasement and slavery , and taught them the ...
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Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the ... John Seely Hart,Henry White Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
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account is given affairs afterwards alliance arms army Austria authority battle became began Bohemia Britain British brother Cæsar caliphate capital celebrated character Charlemagne Charles Charles II chief Chosroes Christian church colonies command commerce compelled conquest Constantinople contest council crown death declared defeated Denmark died dominions Duke dynasty Egypt emperor empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe expedition father favour Ferdinand fleet force formed France Frederick French Gaul Germany Greece Greek Henry Holland honour hostilities Hungary imperial insurrection invaded invasion Italy John king kingdom latter Louis military monarch Naples Napoleon nation nobles parliament party peace period perished Persia Philip Poland Pope Portugal possession prince prisoner provinces queen Reformation reign religion religious republic restored revolt Roman Rome Russia senate Sicily siege soon sovereign Spain Spanish succeeded success successor Sweden Syria terminated territory throne tion took treaty troops Turks victory Visigoths
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Sivu 19 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Sivu 144 - So early as the end of the second century or the beginning of the third, the...
Sivu 128 - It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned tp everlasting infamy.
Sivu 517 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Sivu 67 - God ; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Sivu 111 - Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying, How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
Sivu 235 - An army marching under the emperor Otho I. was so terrified by an eclipse of the sun, which it conceived to announce this consummation, as to disperse hastily on all sides. As this notion...
Sivu 504 - ... army be decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule, and he discovered the true characteristic of genius, which, without despising rules, knows when and how to break them. He understood thoroughly the immense moral power, which is gained...
Sivu 393 - ... ever heard on the waters of the Mississippi. To conceal his death, his body was wrapped in a mantle, and, in the stillness of midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place.