A Manual of General History: Being an Outline History of the World from the Creation to the Present Time : Fully Illustrated with Maps : for the Use of Academies, High-schools, and FamiliesClark & Maynard, 1870 - 419 pages |
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Page 21 - Thus saith the Lord 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.
Page 236 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 359 - The island was one of the Bahama islands, to which he gave the name of San Salvador, and took possession of it in the name of their Catholic Majesties.
Page 235 - Gold" (1520). 7. Martin Luther having caused great excitement in Europe by the promulgation of his doctrines, Henry VIII., who had been carefully educated in the Roman faith, wrote a treatise against them, and dedicated it to the Pope (Leo X.), who, as a recompense, conferred on the royal author the title of Defender of the Faith (1521).
Page 126 - It is a saying worthy of the ferocious pride of Attila, that the grass never grew on the spot where his horse had trod.
Page 80 - Can'nae a terrific battle took place, which for the fourth time resulted in a complete victory for the Carthaginians (216 BC). It is said that more than 50,000 Romans fell on the field, and that Hannibal sent to Carthage three bushels of gold rings, taken from the fingers of the senators and knights who were found among the slain. Several of the tribes in the south of Italy revolted from the Romans; but the Greek cities and nearly all the Italian subjects remained faithful. Hannibal, instead of marching...
Page 379 - The American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 255 - Take away,' cried he, ' that bauble.' / After which, turning- out all the members, and clearing the hall, he ordered the doors to 'be locked, 'and putting the key in his pocket, returned to Whitehall.
Page 357 - James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II and Charles III. In the mnemonic, "Triple-E" stands for Edward I, II and III and "grateful for" represents the first four Georges.