Epitome of Ancient, Mediæval and Modern HistoryHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 618 pages |
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... CENTURY . * 1. America . British , Dutch , and Swedish colonies 357 French settlements and discoveries · 363 † 2. France under Louis XIV . 365 3. Germany under Leopold I .. 371 4. The North and East . Sweden . 373 Denmark , Poland ...
... CENTURY . * 1. America . British , Dutch , and Swedish colonies 357 French settlements and discoveries · 363 † 2. France under Louis XIV . 365 3. Germany under Leopold I .. 371 4. The North and East . Sweden . 373 Denmark , Poland ...
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... CENTURY TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 1. The War of the Spanish Succession 2. The Northern War 390 • 394 3. Germany to the Revolution of 1789 . 4. The North . Denmark ( Norway ) , Sweden Russia , Poland 397 409 410 5. Spain and Portugal ...
... CENTURY TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 1. The War of the Spanish Succession 2. The Northern War 390 • 394 3. Germany to the Revolution of 1789 . 4. The North . Denmark ( Norway ) , Sweden Russia , Poland 397 409 410 5. Spain and Portugal ...
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... centuries , and for French history in the nineteenth century ; and to Mr. Justin Winsor , Librarian of the University , for the free use of books . To Dr. R. H. Labberton and to Messrs . E. Claxton & Co. of Phila- delphia , the ...
... centuries , and for French history in the nineteenth century ; and to Mr. Justin Winsor , Librarian of the University , for the free use of books . To Dr. R. H. Labberton and to Messrs . E. Claxton & Co. of Phila- delphia , the ...
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... century , but they never controlled the supreme power.1 The Pyramids are gigantic monuments of the kings . Over thirty still exist . The largest , at Gizeh , was originally 480 feet high , and still measures 450 feet . The Obelisks of ...
... century , but they never controlled the supreme power.1 The Pyramids are gigantic monuments of the kings . Over thirty still exist . The largest , at Gizeh , was originally 480 feet high , and still measures 450 feet . The Obelisks of ...
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... century . On the other hand we know that a goddess answering to Istar - Belit was worshipped in Syria under the name of Semiramis . Medo - Persian bards seem to have changed the divinities Bel and Istar - Belit into heroes , and have ...
... century . On the other hand we know that a goddess answering to Istar - Belit was worshipped in Syria under the name of Semiramis . Medo - Persian bards seem to have changed the divinities Bel and Istar - Belit into heroes , and have ...
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Page 429 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
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Page 385 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom ; has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 385 - It was moved that King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.