The evils produced by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the... The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers - Página 424de Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1886 - 477 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Willis Mason West - 1903 - 756 páginas
...as the " Great French War," or the " French and Indian War." The struggle was literally world-wide. Red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America, and black men fought in Senegal in Africa; while Frenchmen and Englishmen grappled in India as well... | |
| 1904 - 528 páginas
...The evils produced by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown, and in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." With those inscriptions upon it, the statue would be comparatively harmless [Applause], and we wait... | |
| Philip Van Ness Myers - 1905 - 870 páginas
...conflagration which Frederick's act had kindled : " In order that he might rob a neighbor," he says, " whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." The war went on until 1748, when it was closed by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Carlyle's summing up... | |
| William Tenney Brewster - 1905 - 394 páginas
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." Disregarding the justice or injustice of the thought, note the singular force and beauty of this passage,... | |
| Philip Van Ness Myers - 1906 - 500 páginas
...conflagration which Frederick's act had kindled : " In order that he might rob a neighbor," he says, " whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." The war went on until 1748, when it was closed by- the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Carlyle's summing... | |
| Lane Cooper - 1907 - 496 páginas
...The evils produced by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown; and in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had...promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandcl, and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." Disregarding the justice... | |
| Walter Haweis James - 1908 - 318 páginas
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." The King himself, in speaking of his reasons for entering on the campaign, said : "Ambition, interest,... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1910 - 232 páginas
...expression of Macaulay's, concerning the great Frederick's seizure of Silesia, — "The evils produced were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown....scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." Rare and scanty as communications then were, they -were characterized by the deliberateness and fullness... | |
| Allen Clapp Thomas - 1912 - 642 páginas
...in America, spread to the continent of Europe, and to the colonies of France and England in India; "black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other on the Great Lakes of North America, alike ignorant of the real causes which set them at variance."... | |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1913 - 382 páginas
...wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown. In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." Wars, like conflagrations, tend to spread ; more than ever perhaps in these days of close international... | |
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