The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and Modern, of All the Principal Nations of the Globe, Their Rise, Progress, Present Condition, Etc, Volume 2H. Bill, 1854 |
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... attacked near Waterford , Strongbow himself soon afterward landed with two hundred horse and a body of archers . Having secured Waterford , Strongbow led the English force to Dublin , which place they carried by assault . Roderick ...
... attacked near Waterford , Strongbow himself soon afterward landed with two hundred horse and a body of archers . Having secured Waterford , Strongbow led the English force to Dublin , which place they carried by assault . Roderick ...
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... attacked , and so much territory recovered that it became reduced within dangerously narrow limits ; and at length , Roger , earl of March , cousin and heir - presumptive of the king , was barbarously murdered . Richard was at this time ...
... attacked , and so much territory recovered that it became reduced within dangerously narrow limits ; and at length , Roger , earl of March , cousin and heir - presumptive of the king , was barbarously murdered . Richard was at this time ...
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... attacked on very dis advantageous ground ; and one of the ammunition wagons accidentally blowing up , so increased the panic into which the men had been thrown . ! that a complete rout took place . The loss. 36 THE TREASURY OF HISTORY .
... attacked on very dis advantageous ground ; and one of the ammunition wagons accidentally blowing up , so increased the panic into which the men had been thrown . ! that a complete rout took place . The loss. 36 THE TREASURY OF HISTORY .
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... attacked at once , and finding their new opponent was impracticable in negotiation as he was in war , threw down their arms . Many of them sought safety by retiring into the morasses and mountain caves , while their friends exerted ...
... attacked at once , and finding their new opponent was impracticable in negotiation as he was in war , threw down their arms . Many of them sought safety by retiring into the morasses and mountain caves , while their friends exerted ...
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... attacked by this fever ; and as he was already much weakened by fatigues and expo- sure , it speedily proved fatal . After what we have said of his inflexible severity to his Irish prisoners , it may seem paradoxical to affirm that his ...
... attacked by this fever ; and as he was already much weakened by fatigues and expo- sure , it speedily proved fatal . After what we have said of his inflexible severity to his Irish prisoners , it may seem paradoxical to affirm that his ...
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Page 655 - In 1609, Henry Hudson, an Englishman, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, discovered the Hudson river, and ascended it about 160 miles.
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