The World in a Pocket Book, Or, Universal Popular Statistics: Embracing ... an Ample ... Synopsis of the United States ... a Complete History of Every Nation, Ancient and Modern ... and a Condensed But Complete View of the Ancient World ...G.G. Evans, 1858 - 493 páginas |
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... August 12th , 1851 , 500 men from the United States under Lopez and colonel Crittenden landed at Bahia Honda . 130 under the latter , are attacked by 500 Spanish troops , and after fighting desperately , they lose 80 ; the rest try to ...
... August 12th , 1851 , 500 men from the United States under Lopez and colonel Crittenden landed at Bahia Honda . 130 under the latter , are attacked by 500 Spanish troops , and after fighting desperately , they lose 80 ; the rest try to ...
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... August 2 , and the Duke of Orleans ( Louis Philippe ) was chosen " King of the French " by the Chamber of Peers , and a new charter or constitution passed . In the same year , the French conquered Algiers . The remains of Napoleon were ...
... August 2 , and the Duke of Orleans ( Louis Philippe ) was chosen " King of the French " by the Chamber of Peers , and a new charter or constitution passed . In the same year , the French conquered Algiers . The remains of Napoleon were ...
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... August , 1804 , he resigned the title of Emperor of Germany , and took that of " Emperor of Austria . " ( See AUSTRIA . ) In 1815 , Germany was newly modelled , and a Diet formed according to articles of confederation , to hold its ses ...
... August , 1804 , he resigned the title of Emperor of Germany , and took that of " Emperor of Austria . " ( See AUSTRIA . ) In 1815 , Germany was newly modelled , and a Diet formed according to articles of confederation , to hold its ses ...
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... August 1 , 1714 , aged 49. George I. elector of Hanover , succeeded ; Scottish rebellion , 1715 ; died 1727. George II . suppressed Scottish rebellion 1745 , in favour of Prince Charles Stuart ; died 1760. George III . Revolt of the ...
... August 1 , 1714 , aged 49. George I. elector of Hanover , succeeded ; Scottish rebellion , 1715 ; died 1727. George II . suppressed Scottish rebellion 1745 , in favour of Prince Charles Stuart ; died 1760. George III . Revolt of the ...
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... August 27th . In 1783 , General Matthews invaded his country , Canara , in return . Hyder died , but his son , Tippoo Saib , carried on the war . The conflict was fierce and bloody , General Meadows , Lord Cornwallis , and Sir Arthur ...
... August 27th . In 1783 , General Matthews invaded his country , Canara , in return . Hyder died , but his son , Tippoo Saib , carried on the war . The conflict was fierce and bloody , General Meadows , Lord Cornwallis , and Sir Arthur ...
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Página 6 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Página 445 - Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 185 - Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode...
Página 82 - On Suli's rock and Parga's shore Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore; And there, perhaps, some seed is sown The Heracleidan blood might own.
Página 348 - Tyler insurrection. 1383 Cannon first used in the English service by the governor of Calais. 1384 The first navigation act: — no goods to be exported or imported In foreign bottoms. 1387 The first Lord High Admiral was appointed. 1388 The Scot- defeated the English at Otterburn.
Página 145 - It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults — in glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumphantly asserted, and the battalions of the czar gave way before our steady courage and the chivalrous fire of France.
Página 411 - Diana's name in hell. HEC'TOR, a son of Priam and Hecuba, and the most valiant of all the Trojans.
Página 314 - Magazine estimates that at 8">() a ton the shipping of the world is worth the enormous amount of $775,000,000. Of this fifteen and a half millions of tonnage, more than ten and a half millions belong to the Anglo-Saxon race; United States, 40,500 vessels, and 5,661,416 tonnage ; Great Britain, 35,960 vessels, and 5,043,270 tonnage.
Página 278 - Cro3sus possessed in landed property a fortune equal to $8,500,000, besides a large amount of money, slaves and furniture, which amounted to an equal sum. He used to say that a citizen who had not a sufficient sum to support an army or a legion, did not deserve the title of a rich man.
Página 435 - The History of Philosophy presents the spectacle of thousands of intellects — some the greatest that have made our race illustrious — steadily concentrated on problems believed to be of vital importance, yet producing no other result than a conviction of the extreme facility of error, and the remoteness of any probability that Truth can be reached.* The only conquest has been critical, that is to say, psychological.