A History of the World with All Its Great Sensations: Together with Its Mighty and Decisive Battles and the Rise and Fall of Its Nations from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Bind 1P.F. Collier, 1887 - 1492 sider |
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Side vii
... island of . 161 Cyrus ... view of the affairs of the , preceding the reign of Charlemagne Cicero .. +88 88 48 D. Cid , the ... 213 Ciudad Rodrigo , battle of 537 Danes , the .. Civil war in England .. 322 Daniel .. Cleopatra .. .50-55 ...
... island of . 161 Cyrus ... view of the affairs of the , preceding the reign of Charlemagne Cicero .. +88 88 48 D. Cid , the ... 213 Ciudad Rodrigo , battle of 537 Danes , the .. Civil war in England .. 322 Daniel .. Cleopatra .. .50-55 ...
Side 12
... islands , while an immense army , landing in Euboea , poured with impetuosity on Attica . The Athenians met them on ... island of Egilia , in which the Persians had deposited their Eretrian prisoners , whom they had reserved to be led ...
... islands , while an immense army , landing in Euboea , poured with impetuosity on Attica . The Athenians met them on ... island of Egilia , in which the Persians had deposited their Eretrian prisoners , whom they had reserved to be led ...
Side 17
... island , or peninsula ( for such it soon was rendered ) , lies at the south - eastern extremity of this knob of land , stretching almost entirely across the mouth of the great harbor , and rendering it nearly land- locked . This island ...
... island , or peninsula ( for such it soon was rendered ) , lies at the south - eastern extremity of this knob of land , stretching almost entirely across the mouth of the great harbor , and rendering it nearly land- locked . This island ...
Side 19
... island , till he came imme- diately below the narrow ridge that forms the extremity of the high ground looking westward . He then wheeled his vanguard to the right , sent them rapidly up the paths that wind along the face of the cliff ...
... island , till he came imme- diately below the narrow ridge that forms the extremity of the high ground looking westward . He then wheeled his vanguard to the right , sent them rapidly up the paths that wind along the face of the cliff ...
Side 40
... colonies thither before the Trojans . The Greeks , in after times , made considerable set- tlements in the island . The Corinthians founded Syracuse , which became the most illustrious of the Greek 40 B.C. 274 A HISTORY OF THE WORLD .
... colonies thither before the Trojans . The Greeks , in after times , made considerable set- tlements in the island . The Corinthians founded Syracuse , which became the most illustrious of the Greek 40 B.C. 274 A HISTORY OF THE WORLD .
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afterwards allies American ancient arms army Athenian attack Austria battle Bavaria became Bohemia British brother Cæsar caliph called Carthaginians castle cavalry century Charlemagne Charles Charles II Christian church coast colony command conquered conquest court crown Danube daughter death declared defeated died dominions Duke Duke of Guise Edward emperor empire enemy England English Europe fell Ferdinand fleet force formed France Frederick French Gaul gave German Greek Henry Henry III horse hundred imperial Indians infantry invaded Ireland Irish island Italy John king king's kingdom land Lord Louis Louis XIV marched ment nations Navarre Netherlands nobles Norman officers parliament peace Persian Philip pope Portugal possession prince prisoner provinces Prussians queen reign Roman Rome Russia Saxon Scotland sent ships Sicily soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish succeeded success surrendered throne tion took town treaty troops Turks victory whole William
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Side 118 - No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed, nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Side 271 - ... fortunes and their own at the end! of the fifteenth, and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries in all the courts of western Europe.
Side 291 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Side 257 - For I assure you I have often kneeled before him in his privy chamber...
Side 258 - Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.
Side 260 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Side 444 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Side 291 - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
Side 507 - After various messages, a convention for the surrender of the army was settled, which provided that " The troops under General Burgoyne were to march out of their camp with the honors of war, and the artillery of the intrenchments, to the verge of the river, where the arms and artillery were to be left.
Side 439 - Kensington, in the fiftieth year of her age, and the thirteenth of her reign. Her easy temper and her faultless domestic life gained her the epithet of