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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... Conquered by Genghis Khan , A. D. 1221 , who put the people of Balkh to the sword . In 1747 , Ahmed Abdallah , the chief , threw off the Persian yoke , and became king . Conquered by Eng- lish , under Sir J. Keane , 1839 ; and restored ...
... Conquered by Genghis Khan , A. D. 1221 , who put the people of Balkh to the sword . In 1747 , Ahmed Abdallah , the chief , threw off the Persian yoke , and became king . Conquered by Eng- lish , under Sir J. Keane , 1839 ; and restored ...
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... Conquered and made a colony by the French , in 1830 , who have since re- tained it , thus putting an end to the Algerine corsairs . AMAZONIA , a country of South America , is 1400 miles long , and 960 in breadth . Chief city , St. Pedro ...
... Conquered and made a colony by the French , in 1830 , who have since re- tained it , thus putting an end to the Algerine corsairs . AMAZONIA , a country of South America , is 1400 miles long , and 960 in breadth . Chief city , St. Pedro ...
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... conquered , but could not bring the Arabians into subjection . The shepherd kings of Egypt were Arabians . Both Cambyses and Alexander came to the frontiers of Arabia , but did not invade it . And even the Romans in the reign of ...
... conquered , but could not bring the Arabians into subjection . The shepherd kings of Egypt were Arabians . Both Cambyses and Alexander came to the frontiers of Arabia , but did not invade it . And even the Romans in the reign of ...
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... a republic ; then a horde for pirates , until conquered by the Ro- mans ; also by the Saracens , A. D. 823. In 962 the Greeks regained possession , and sold it to the Venetians in 1204. It was taken from them by the Turks 32 THE WORLD .
... a republic ; then a horde for pirates , until conquered by the Ro- mans ; also by the Saracens , A. D. 823. In 962 the Greeks regained possession , and sold it to the Venetians in 1204. It was taken from them by the Turks 32 THE WORLD .
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... conquered the island in 1795 , and have since retained it . CHILI - A fine and extensive country of South America , 1200 miles long , and 500 wide , with 1,700 , 000 inhabitants . St. Jago , the capital , has 60,000 in- habitants . A ...
... conquered the island in 1795 , and have since retained it . CHILI - A fine and extensive country of South America , 1200 miles long , and 500 wide , with 1,700 , 000 inhabitants . St. Jago , the capital , has 60,000 in- habitants . A ...
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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.