The Cottage Cyclopedia of History and Biography: A Copious Dictionary of Memorable Persons, Events, Places and Things, with Notices of the Present State of the Principal Countries and Nations of the Known World, and a Chronological View of American HistoryCase, Lockwood, 1867 - 1004 من الصفحات |
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... empire to its highest point of splendor and fame . Al - Modi , to whom the empire was transmitted , did not let its reputation wane , and , under Haroun al Raschid , the dignity of the caliphate was preserved and adorned . After Haroun ...
... empire to its highest point of splendor and fame . Al - Modi , to whom the empire was transmitted , did not let its reputation wane , and , under Haroun al Raschid , the dignity of the caliphate was preserved and adorned . After Haroun ...
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... empire was declining , and aided in its overthrow . After 412 , they be- came lost among the Vandals . ALARIC , king of the Visigoths , and con- queror of Rome . But little is known of his early history . His wild ambition was excited ...
... empire was declining , and aided in its overthrow . After 412 , they be- came lost among the Vandals . ALARIC , king of the Visigoths , and con- queror of Rome . But little is known of his early history . His wild ambition was excited ...
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... empire ; but no notice was taken of this liberal proposal . Damascus , and all the towns along the Med- iterranean , were entered and taken possession of by Alexander . The resistance of Tyre was severely punished ; it stood a siege of ...
... empire ; but no notice was taken of this liberal proposal . Damascus , and all the towns along the Med- iterranean , were entered and taken possession of by Alexander . The resistance of Tyre was severely punished ; it stood a siege of ...
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... empire , he is said to have been warned by the astrologers that the latter place would prove fatal to him . Despising these warnings , he went to Babylon and gave audience to the several foreign ambassadors who awaited his arrival . His ...
... empire , he is said to have been warned by the astrologers that the latter place would prove fatal to him . Despising these warnings , he went to Babylon and gave audience to the several foreign ambassadors who awaited his arrival . His ...
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... empire was effected , Alexan- and Pompey's pillar , being the most conspic- dria , together with the country of which it uous . The latter was erected by a prefect of was the capital , was included in the Eastern Egypt , in honor of the ...
... empire was effected , Alexan- and Pompey's pillar , being the most conspic- dria , together with the country of which it uous . The latter was erected by a prefect of was the capital , was included in the Eastern Egypt , in honor of the ...
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الصفحة 395 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.
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الصفحة 395 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
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