A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... French upon Egypt .... The Eng- lish take the French fleet .... Russians join the English and Austrians .... Various successes in Italy , Scotland , • · . : : • 218 :: 224 Scots and Picts ..... Kenneth II ..... Bruce and Baliol .... The ...
... French upon Egypt .... The Eng- lish take the French fleet .... Russians join the English and Austrians .... Various successes in Italy , Scotland , • · . : : • 218 :: 224 Scots and Picts ..... Kenneth II ..... Bruce and Baliol .... The ...
Page 78
... French revolution attracted the attention of all the European powers ; and a conference was held at Pilnitz between the emporor of Germany , the king of Prussia , and the elector of Saxony : At this con- ference a coalition was formed ...
... French revolution attracted the attention of all the European powers ; and a conference was held at Pilnitz between the emporor of Germany , the king of Prussia , and the elector of Saxony : At this con- ference a coalition was formed ...
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... French to their aid , and swore fealty to Lewis , son of Philip of France . John died , universally despised , A. D. 1216. The principal barons agreed to acknow- ledge the authority of his son Henry III . and obliged Lewis to evacuate ...
... French to their aid , and swore fealty to Lewis , son of Philip of France . John died , universally despised , A. D. 1216. The principal barons agreed to acknow- ledge the authority of his son Henry III . and obliged Lewis to evacuate ...
Page 87
... French were again defeated at the battle of Poictiers , and John their king taken prisoner and brought to London . These splendid successes were of no real advantage to England . In the conclusion of Edward's life , his fortunes ...
... French were again defeated at the battle of Poictiers , and John their king taken prisoner and brought to London . These splendid successes were of no real advantage to England . In the conclusion of Edward's life , his fortunes ...
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... , and ac- knowledged heir to the crown ; and marrying Catha- rine , the daughter of the French king , Charles VI . re- • F. Walsingham . Froissard . ceived the kingdom of France as her dowry . The 88 History of all Nations .
... , and ac- knowledged heir to the crown ; and marrying Catha- rine , the daughter of the French king , Charles VI . re- • F. Walsingham . Froissard . ceived the kingdom of France as her dowry . The 88 History of all Nations .
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