Outlines of the World's History: Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern, with Special Relation to the History of Civilization and the Progress of Mankind ...American Book Company, 1879 - 498 páginas |
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Outlines of the World's History, Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern, with ... William Swinton Vista de fragmentos - 1902 |
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Términos y frases comunes
6th century Africa Alexander ancient army Aryan Asia Minor Assyrian Athenians Athens Augustus Babylon Babylonian battle became began Cæsar called Cambyses Carthage Carthaginians century B. C. Chaldæan character Charles chief Christian civilization coast colonies commerce conquered conquest consul Crusade Cyrus death defeated division dominion Dorian dynasty earliest early East Eastern Egypt Egyptian Emperor England English epoch Euphrates Europe formed France Frederick French Gaul German Grecian Greece Greek Hellas Hellenic Hindoos Hyksos India Ionian Italy king kingdom land Latin literature Louis XIV Macedon Medes Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea ment modern monarchy Napoleon nations nobles Parliament Peloponnesus peninsula period Persian Persian Empire Philip Phoenicians Plebeians political Pompey princes province Prussia Ptolemy race reign religion republic Roman Empire Rome rule Semites siege Spain Sparta Syria Teutonic Thebes throne Tigris tion took tory trade tribes victory wars Western whole
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Página 329 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Página 410 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Página 97 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they, and where art thou, My country?
Página 36 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 88 - Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades ; See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 154 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Página 196 - They died in torments, and their torments were embittered by insult and derision. Some were nailed on crosses, others sewn up in the skins of wild beasts and exposed to the fury of dogs. Others, again, smeared over with combustible materials, were used as torches to illuminate the darkness of the night.
Página 196 - Nero were destined for the melancholy spectacle, which was accompanied with a horse-race and honored with the presence of the emperor, who mingled with the populace in the dress and attitude of a charioteer. The guilt of the Christians deserved indeed the most exemplary punishment, but the public abhorrence was changed into commiseration, from the opinion that those unhappy wretches were sacrificed, not so much to the public welfare, as to the cruelty of a jealous tyrant.
Página 28 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad...