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... subject , the use of charts should be united with that of historical narrative . - As it would be impossible , in a volume of the size of this , to trace a regular series of events relating to all the states and empires that have ...
... subject , the use of charts should be united with that of historical narrative . - As it would be impossible , in a volume of the size of this , to trace a regular series of events relating to all the states and empires that have ...
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... that riches and power afford no assurance of happiness ; ar tha the greatest sovereigns have not unfrequently been more mis erable than their meanest subjects . SOURCES OF HISTORY . Some of the principal sources of ROME: ·
... that riches and power afford no assurance of happiness ; ar tha the greatest sovereigns have not unfrequently been more mis erable than their meanest subjects . SOURCES OF HISTORY . Some of the principal sources of ROME: ·
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... subjects , is di- vided into Sacred and Profane , Ecclesiastical and Civil . 10. Sacred History is the history contained in the Scrip- tures , and it relates chiefly to the Israelites or Jews . Profane History is the history of ancient ...
... subjects , is di- vided into Sacred and Profane , Ecclesiastical and Civil . 10. Sacred History is the history contained in the Scrip- tures , and it relates chiefly to the Israelites or Jews . Profane History is the history of ancient ...
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... subjects . The facts which they record , though not sufficiently numerous to satisfy curiosity , are yet , in the highest degree , interesting and important . 16. Some of the most remarkable events , previous to the commencement of ...
... subjects . The facts which they record , though not sufficiently numerous to satisfy curiosity , are yet , in the highest degree , interesting and important . 16. Some of the most remarkable events , previous to the commencement of ...
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... history of the Trojan war rests on the authority of Homer , and forms the subject of his Iliad , the noblest poem of antiquity , which presents a lively picture of the 18 GREECE . The Heroic Age: Trojan War: Return of the Heraclidæ.
... history of the Trojan war rests on the authority of Homer , and forms the subject of his Iliad , the noblest poem of antiquity , which presents a lively picture of the 18 GREECE . The Heroic Age: Trojan War: Return of the Heraclidæ.
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Page 211 - For all which treasons and crimes this Court doth adjudge that he, the said Charles Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of this nation, shall be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.
Page 214 - You are no longer a Parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 129 - The wild exploits of those romantic knights who sallied forth in quest of adventures, are well known, and have been treated with proper ridicule. The political and permanent effects of the spirit of chivalry have been less observed.
Page 114 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 281 - Congress, was composed of 55 members, most of whom were men of distinguished character and talents. They published a declaration of the rights of the Colonies ; agreed to suspend all commercial intercourse with Great Britain ; and- drew up an address to the king, another to the people of Great Britain, and a third to the Colonies. These able state papers were highly applauded by Lord Chatham in the British parliament. 20. The disparity between the two contending parties was immense. Great Britain...
Page 87 - After having arrived at sovereign power, he engaged in some successful military enterprises ; but the general character of his reign was pacific : he cherished the arts of peace, embellished the city, erected public edifices, pursued the policy of maintaining order and tranquillity throughout his vast empire, and the temple of Janus was now shut for the first time since the commencement of the second Punic war, and only the third time from the foundation of the city. 4. Augustus died in the 76th...
Page 318 - On the 24th he issued his proclamation declaring that " hostilities have been commenced by the United States, in making new conquests upon our territories within the boundaries of Tamaulipas and New Leon. I have not the right to declare war." * The same day General Arista informed General Taylor that he " considered hostilities commenced, and should prosecute them.
Page 134 - Charlemagne affords a solitary restingplace between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving the advantages of contrast both from...
Page 185 - Becket, while he was chancellor of the kingdom, will afford some idea of the rude state of the arts. Nobody, it is said by contemporary writers, equalled him in refinement and splendor. " Every day, in winter, his apartments were strewed with clean straw or hay, and in summer, with rushes or leaves, that those who came to pay their court to him, might not soil their fine clothes by sitting on a dirty floor.
Page 69 - O, with what ease could I conquer the world, had I the Romans for soldiers, or had they me for their king !" 14. In the progress of the war, Fabri'cius, who afterwards commanded the Roman army, received a letter from the physician of Pyr'rhus, importing that for a proper reward he would poison the king. Fabri'cius, indignant at so base a proposal, gave immediate information of it to Pyr'rhus, who, admiring the generosity of his enemy, exclaimed ; " It is easier to turn the sun from his course, than...