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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... reign of Augustus , Trajan , and Severus , though they gained victories , did not succeed . Julian , the apostate , refused to pay the tribute or " black mail " they exacted , saying , - " Iron , and not gold is the metal I deal in ...
... reign of Augustus , Trajan , and Severus , though they gained victories , did not succeed . Julian , the apostate , refused to pay the tribute or " black mail " they exacted , saying , - " Iron , and not gold is the metal I deal in ...
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... reign of Albert , the Swiss revolted from Austria , A. D. 1307 , under Tell . In 1477 , the Netherlands were subject to Austria , by the marriage of the emperor Maximilian , with the heiress of Burgundy . Charles V. , his grandson , was ...
... reign of Albert , the Swiss revolted from Austria , A. D. 1307 , under Tell . In 1477 , the Netherlands were subject to Austria , by the marriage of the emperor Maximilian , with the heiress of Burgundy . Charles V. , his grandson , was ...
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... reign , and in 1526 , Bohemia reverted to Austria , whose emperor is also " King of Bohemia . " John Huss , and Jerome of Prague , reformers , were both Bohemians . Insurrections in 1848. Reforms granted . BOLIVIA . A republic of South ...
... reign , and in 1526 , Bohemia reverted to Austria , whose emperor is also " King of Bohemia . " John Huss , and Jerome of Prague , reformers , were both Bohemians . Insurrections in 1848. Reforms granted . BOLIVIA . A republic of South ...
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... reigns at this day . In 1246 , Marco Polo visited China , and shortly after his brother joined him ; they were re- ceived with favour by the sovereigns . Catholic and particularly Jesuit Missionaries , were permitted to re- side in ...
... reigns at this day . In 1246 , Marco Polo visited China , and shortly after his brother joined him ; they were re- ceived with favour by the sovereigns . Catholic and particularly Jesuit Missionaries , were permitted to re- side in ...
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... reign . He was a friend to literature . His kingdom was divided among his sons . In 900 , the Normans ravaged France , under Rollo , who married the king's daughter , and founded the Norman power . Hugh Capet , first of the Bourbon race ...
... reign . He was a friend to literature . His kingdom was divided among his sons . In 900 , the Normans ravaged France , under Rollo , who married the king's daughter , and founded the Norman power . Hugh Capet , first of the Bourbon race ...
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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.