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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... troops were overthrown on the celebrated field of Marathon , 490 . During this reign , the Persians forsook their nomad life , and con- tinued the building of the Persepolitan palace , which was begun by Cyrus and completed by Xerxes ...
... troops were overthrown on the celebrated field of Marathon , 490 . During this reign , the Persians forsook their nomad life , and con- tinued the building of the Persepolitan palace , which was begun by Cyrus and completed by Xerxes ...
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... troops . He was a good ruler , and Athens flourished under his government ; hence Solon remarked of him , that he was the best of tyrants , * and without a vice , save ambition , He ended his days peaceably in the thirty - third year of ...
... troops . He was a good ruler , and Athens flourished under his government ; hence Solon remarked of him , that he was the best of tyrants , * and without a vice , save ambition , He ended his days peaceably in the thirty - third year of ...
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... troops , that they might not uselessly perish , he retained only 300 Spartans , 400 volunteer Thespians , 100 Thebans , and 80 warriors from Mycena . These with the Helots , as at Platæa , raised the number to about 2000. All this ...
... troops , that they might not uselessly perish , he retained only 300 Spartans , 400 volunteer Thespians , 100 Thebans , and 80 warriors from Mycena . These with the Helots , as at Platæa , raised the number to about 2000. All this ...
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... troops of Artaxerxes , both by land and sea ; whereby he struck such a blow at the power of that sovereign , that a treaty was concluded , by which the freedom of the Ionian cities was guarantied , and no Persian horseman allowed to ...
... troops of Artaxerxes , both by land and sea ; whereby he struck such a blow at the power of that sovereign , that a treaty was concluded , by which the freedom of the Ionian cities was guarantied , and no Persian horseman allowed to ...
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... troops destined for the Thracian expedition , 2000 of the flower of the slave population were selected , and while enjoying the festival of their newly gained liberty , with the garlands of freedom still encircling their heads , in the ...
... troops destined for the Thracian expedition , 2000 of the flower of the slave population were selected , and while enjoying the festival of their newly gained liberty , with the garlands of freedom still encircling their heads , in 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.