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 9
... whole of Greece to their power . These Hel- lénes are divided into three tribes : the Dorians , in Peloponnesus ; the Ionians , in Attica and the islands ; and the Eolians , in Boetia and other States . They distinguished themselves at ...
... whole of Greece to their power . These Hel- lénes are divided into three tribes : the Dorians , in Peloponnesus ; the Ionians , in Attica and the islands ; and the Eolians , in Boetia and other States . They distinguished themselves at ...
Side 11
... whole system : " Luxury is the bane of Society . " He divided the territory of the Republic into 39,000 equal portions , among the whole of its free citizens . He substituted iron money for gold and silver , abolished all useless acts ...
... whole system : " Luxury is the bane of Society . " He divided the territory of the Republic into 39,000 equal portions , among the whole of its free citizens . He substituted iron money for gold and silver , abolished all useless acts ...
Side 22
... whole army . Drawing from his first success a presage of con- tinued victory , Alexander now sent home his fleet , leaving to his army the sole alternative that they must subdue Asia , or perish . Prosecuting their course for some time ...
... whole army . Drawing from his first success a presage of con- tinued victory , Alexander now sent home his fleet , leaving to his army the sole alternative that they must subdue Asia , or perish . Prosecuting their course for some time ...
Side 23
... whole country from the Eu- phrates to the Hellespont , to give Alexander his daughter in marriage , and the immense sum of 10,000 talents . But these terms were haughtily re- jected , and peace refused except upon the unquali- fied ...
... whole country from the Eu- phrates to the Hellespont , to give Alexander his daughter in marriage , and the immense sum of 10,000 talents . But these terms were haughtily re- jected , and peace refused except upon the unquali- fied ...
Side 26
... whole Persian army was in full flight from the field . It was of the deepest importance to Alexander to secure the person of Darius , and he now urged on the pursuit . The river Lycus was between the field of battle and the city of ...
... whole Persian army was in full flight from the field . It was of the deepest importance to Alexander to secure the person of Darius , and he now urged on the pursuit . The river Lycus was between the field of battle and the city of ...
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A History of the World with All Its Great Sensations: Together with ..., Bind 1 Uddragsvisning - 1887 |
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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