Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the Earlist Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is Added, a Summary of the Leading Events Since that Period. For the Use of Schools and of Private StudentsLea & Blanchard, 1844 - 561 páginas |
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... defeated the insurgents in three desperate battles . He was at last compelled to return to Nineveh , which held out during two years ; when the Tigris , swollen by unusual rains , overflowed its banks and destroyed great part of the ...
... defeated the insurgents in three desperate battles . He was at last compelled to return to Nineveh , which held out during two years ; when the Tigris , swollen by unusual rains , overflowed its banks and destroyed great part of the ...
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... defeated and slew with his own hand , 655. He sent an army of 130,000 men into Judæa , under the command of Holofernes , who , we have seen , perished by the hand of Judith . From this time Saosduchin experienced nothing but reverses ...
... defeated and slew with his own hand , 655. He sent an army of 130,000 men into Judæa , under the command of Holofernes , who , we have seen , perished by the hand of Judith . From this time Saosduchin experienced nothing but reverses ...
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... defeated at Thymbra , 545. About five vears later , Babylon was invested by Cyrus , and taken by a remarkable stratagem , on that fatal night when the mysterious writing on the wall told that the " kingdom was divided and given to the ...
... defeated at Thymbra , 545. About five vears later , Babylon was invested by Cyrus , and taken by a remarkable stratagem , on that fatal night when the mysterious writing on the wall told that the " kingdom was divided and given to the ...
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... defeated in his Scythian inva- sion , 513. In Greece , his troops were overthrown on the celebrated field of Marathon , 490 . During this reign , the Persians forsook their nomad life , and con- tinued the building of the Persepolitan ...
... defeated in his Scythian inva- sion , 513. In Greece , his troops were overthrown on the celebrated field of Marathon , 490 . During this reign , the Persians forsook their nomad life , and con- tinued the building of the Persepolitan ...
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... defeated the troops of Artaxerxes , both by land and sea ; whereby he struck such a blow at the power of that sovereign , that a treaty was concluded , by which the freedom of the Ionian cities was guarantied , and no Persian horseman ...
... defeated the troops of Artaxerxes , both by land and sea ; whereby he struck such a blow at the power of that sovereign , that a treaty was concluded , by which the freedom of the Ionian cities was guarantied , and no Persian horseman ...
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account is given affairs afterwards alliance arms army Austria authority battle became began Bohemia Britain British brother Cæsar caliphate capital celebrated character Charlemagne Charles Charles II chief Chosroes Christian church colonies command commerce compelled conquest Constantinople contest council crown death declared defeated Denmark died dominions Duke dynasty Egypt emperor empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe expedition father favour Ferdinand fleet force formed France Frederick French Gaul Germany Greece Greek Henry Holland honour hostilities Hungary imperial insurrection invaded invasion Italy John king kingdom latter Louis military monarch Naples Napoleon nation nobles parliament party peace period perished Persia Philip Poland Pope Portugal possession prince prisoner provinces queen Reformation reign religion religious republic restored revolt Roman Rome Russia senate Sicily siege soon sovereign Spain Spanish succeeded success successor Sweden Syria terminated territory throne tion took treaty troops Turks victory Visigoths
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Página 19 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Página 144 - So early as the end of the second century or the beginning of the third, the...
Página 128 - It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned tp everlasting infamy.
Página 517 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Página 67 - God ; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Página 111 - Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying, How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
Página 235 - An army marching under the emperor Otho I. was so terrified by an eclipse of the sun, which it conceived to announce this consummation, as to disperse hastily on all sides. As this notion...
Página 504 - ... army be decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule, and he discovered the true characteristic of genius, which, without despising rules, knows when and how to break them. He understood thoroughly the immense moral power, which is gained...
Página 393 - ... ever heard on the waters of the Mississippi. To conceal his death, his body was wrapped in a mantle, and, in the stillness of midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place.