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... centuries , which were followed by the rule of the house of Brunswick . Since then , in less than two hundred years , England has attained , with the greatest rapidity , her present high position in the world , and acquired an empire ...
... centuries , which were followed by the rule of the house of Brunswick . Since then , in less than two hundred years , England has attained , with the greatest rapidity , her present high position in the world , and acquired an empire ...
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... century . Linen came much later on the field , as even up to 1688 the finer descrip- tions of it were obtained from Germany . But England made up manfully for lost time . Her for- eign teachers from being first tyrannised over were ...
... century . Linen came much later on the field , as even up to 1688 the finer descrip- tions of it were obtained from Germany . But England made up manfully for lost time . Her for- eign teachers from being first tyrannised over were ...
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... century , previous to which England was but a small insular kingdom that scarcely gave promise of the expansion it was destined to receive . At this period almost half the globe was divided by treaty , as well as by an order of the ...
... century , previous to which England was but a small insular kingdom that scarcely gave promise of the expansion it was destined to receive . At this period almost half the globe was divided by treaty , as well as by an order of the ...
الصفحة 64
... century ; but it can do nothing more . The people of India as a rule are contented , if not happy , under their pre- sent rulers . The Hindu races have no particular reason to hate them , and freely admit in their own way that the white ...
... century ; but it can do nothing more . The people of India as a rule are contented , if not happy , under their pre- sent rulers . The Hindu races have no particular reason to hate them , and freely admit in their own way that the white ...
الصفحة 68
... centuries . All their operations were confined to the carrying on a trade in furs with the Indian tribes residing in the country , which gave them very large profits - so much as fifty per cent- to secure which , and prevent the country ...
... centuries . All their operations were confined to the carrying on a trade in furs with the Indian tribes residing in the country , which gave them very large profits - so much as fifty per cent- to secure which , and prevent the country ...
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الصفحة 138 - I can, at any rate, show that the experiments made with it at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century fully confirm the high encomium bestowed by Dioscorides upon his indicum.
الصفحة 216 - I know very well," he says in his journal, " that the Swedes will have the advantage of us for a considerable time; but they will teach us at length to beat them.
الصفحة 221 - The latter power adhered to the Continental system, reserving to herself the importation of salt and such colonial produce as she could not do without. She surrendered Finland with the whole of East Bothnia, and a part of West Bothnia lying to the eastward of the river Tornea.
الصفحة 232 - We must progress as much as possible in the direction of Constantinople and India. He who can once get possession of these points is the real ruler of the world. With this view we must provoke constant quarrels — at one time with Turkey, and at another with Persia.
الصفحة 232 - We must establish wharves and docks in the Euxine, and by degrees make ourselves masters of that sea as well as of the Baltic, which is a doubly important element in the success of our plan. We must hasten the downfall of Persia, push on to the Persian Gulf, if possible re-establish...
الصفحة 216 - I dare hope," said he, at the same time, " that God will look upon me with a merciful eye for all the good that I have done to my country!
الصفحة 280 - Samarang," that they had previously fired on an American vessel and driven her off the coast, when she came, in humanity and friendship, to restore some shipwrecked Japanese. This happened in 1837. In the course of the year 1831, a Japanese junk was blown off the coast into the Pacific Ocean, and, after drifting for a long time, was cast ashore in America, near the mouth of the Columbia river. [This incident alone may help to show how the West may have been peopled from the East — how the population...
الصفحة 137 - The result of this despotic act was that, rather than conform to the established religion, 400,000 Protestants — among the most industrious, the most intelligent, and the most religious of the nation — quitted France, and took refuge in Great Britain, Holland, Prussia, Switzerland, and America. The loss to France was immense; the gain to other countries, no less. Composed largely of merchants, manufacturers, and skilled artisans, they carried with them their knowledge, taste, and aptitude for...
الصفحة 220 - Paul, which took place on the night of the au' 23d March, and led immediately to the accession of his son ALEXANDER, and a total change of policy on the part of the cabinet of St Petersburg. Napoleon announced this important event to the French in these words, " Paul I. died on the night of the 23d March. The English fleet passed the Sound on the 30th. History will unveil the connexion which may have existed between these events.
الصفحة 181 - ... of the empire. To a few of the greater states, the peace of Westphalia became the foundation of independence ; but to the smaller it was the ultimate cause of weakness and degradation, and led to the subjugation of most of the imperial towns, once the chief seats of German wealth, prosperity, and commerce.