Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, Том 2Fetridge, 1854 |
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... arms in defence of their god , but were finally overpowered by the strength of numbers ; the temple was ransacked , the library pillaged and destroyed , and the awful statue of the god himself underwent the general fate . The ...
... arms in defence of their god , but were finally overpowered by the strength of numbers ; the temple was ransacked , the library pillaged and destroyed , and the awful statue of the god himself underwent the general fate . The ...
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... arms towards the East or the West . * Genseric , king of the Vandals , ambitious of a share in the general devastation , invited the Hun to begin . his attack upon Gaul . Attila begun his progress at the head of 500,000 men , the Gepidæ ...
... arms towards the East or the West . * Genseric , king of the Vandals , ambitious of a share in the general devastation , invited the Hun to begin . his attack upon Gaul . Attila begun his progress at the head of 500,000 men , the Gepidæ ...
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... arms . He was known in the empire by the epithet of the Scourge of God . His dominions were ruined by the dissensions of his sons , among whom they were divided . They formed distinct settlements in Illyria , Moesia , Dacia , and at the ...
... arms . He was known in the empire by the epithet of the Scourge of God . His dominions were ruined by the dissensions of his sons , among whom they were divided . They formed distinct settlements in Illyria , Moesia , Dacia , and at the ...
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... arms . In the latter part of his life , having his temper imbittered by suspicions of treasonable conspiracies , he became for a while severe , and even cruel , in his administration . The learned Boe- tius , who had formerly been high ...
... arms . In the latter part of his life , having his temper imbittered by suspicions of treasonable conspiracies , he became for a while severe , and even cruel , in his administration . The learned Boe- tius , who had formerly been high ...
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... arms meeting with some success in Italy , he became desirous of coming to an accommoda- tion with Justinian . The Goth offered large concessions and an annual tribute , and obliged himself to serve the emperor in all his wars . These ...
... arms meeting with some success in Italy , he became desirous of coming to an accommoda- tion with Justinian . The Goth offered large concessions and an annual tribute , and obliged himself to serve the emperor in all his wars . These ...
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Стр. 370 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Стр. 427 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Стр. 370 - ... grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already...
Стр. 235 - James, who was killed by the bursting of a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh, in the thirtieth year of his age.
Стр. 370 - We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes for fear of treachery ; but, I do assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 303 - Mary having dealt severely with the protestants in England, about the latter end of her reign, signed a commission for to take the same course with them in Ireland ; and to execute the same with greater force, she nominates Dr. Cole one of the commissioners. This doctor...
Стр. 434 - The true reason, arising from the spirit of our constitution, seems to be this. The lords being a permanent hereditary body, created at pleasure by the king, are supposed more liable to be influenced by the crown, and when once influenced to continue so, than the commons, who are a temporary, elective body, freely *nominated by the people.
Стр. 369 - ... victory on the side of t.he Moors. He had no sooner brought his men to the engagement, but finding himself utterly spent, he was again replaced in his litter, where, laying his finger on his mouth, to enjoin secrecy to his officers who stood about him, he died a few moments after, in that posture.
Стр. 102 - Celtae, who peopled that island from the neighbouring continent. Their language was the same, their manners, their government, their superstition; varied only by those small differences, which time or a communication with the bordering nations must necessarily introduce.
Стр. 216 - In short the maxim of preserving the balance of power is founded so much on common sense and obvious reasoning, that it is impossible it could altogether have escaped antiquity, where we find, in other particulars, so many marks of deep penetration and discernment.