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... called upon by the Pope to depose John ... ... John accepts the Pope as over- lord Stephen Langton Archbishop 1212. War with France ... ... John's Barons refuse to follow him 1215. Great Charter signed ... 104 1278 . 104 104 estates ...
... called upon by the Pope to depose John ... ... John accepts the Pope as over- lord Stephen Langton Archbishop 1212. War with France ... ... John's Barons refuse to follow him 1215. Great Charter signed ... 104 1278 . 104 104 estates ...
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... set order , each race being sharply marked off from that which preceded it and that which followed it by the materials of which it made its weapons and implements . These ages are called respectively the Old ( or unpolished ) Stone Age.
... set order , each race being sharply marked off from that which preceded it and that which followed it by the materials of which it made its weapons and implements . These ages are called respectively the Old ( or unpolished ) Stone Age.
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... called by the common name of Aryans . 8. The Aryan Migrations . - Now , as the land grew too narrow for an increasing population , it began to send forth swarms of people in succession , to seek new abodes in the east or west , each ...
... called by the common name of Aryans . 8. The Aryan Migrations . - Now , as the land grew too narrow for an increasing population , it began to send forth swarms of people in succession , to seek new abodes in the east or west , each ...
Pagina 16
... called Druids . They foretold the future from the flight of birds , and possessed an immense influence over the rude tribes among whom they lived . Though ac- quainted with the art of writing , they are said never to have committed ...
... called Druids . They foretold the future from the flight of birds , and possessed an immense influence over the rude tribes among whom they lived . Though ac- quainted with the art of writing , they are said never to have committed ...
Pagina 18
... called her nation to arms . Other tribes soon joined her , and in a short time three Roman cities had perished in the flames , and their inhabitants , to the number of 70,000 , fallen in their ruin . But a terrible vengeance was at hand ...
... called her nation to arms . Other tribes soon joined her , and in a short time three Roman cities had perished in the flames , and their inhabitants , to the number of 70,000 , fallen in their ruin . But a terrible vengeance was at hand ...
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Pagina 318 - June 1776, he submitted a resolution, declaring, " that the united colonies are and ought to be free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance, to the British crown ; and that all political connection, between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
Pagina 194 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Pagina 314 - D. 1786). fleets were annihilated; Hanover was relieved from danger by the victory of Minden (1759); and finally, General Wolfe, at the cost of his own life, wrested Quebec from the French and won the great dominion of Canada for England. CHAPTER VII. PERSONAL GOVERNMENT. 1. George III. (1760— 1820).— In the midst of these universal victories George II. died suddenly, and was succeeded by his grandson, George III., the son of that Frederick, Prince of Wales, who had quarrelled so bitterly with...
Pagina 372 - Bill he proved that he sometimes failed to see where the true interests of the country lay ; still his heart was in the right place, and that of itself prevented him from making any bad mistakes. CHAPTER XVI. LORD MELBOURNE AND SIR ROBERT PEEL. 1. Victoria (1837).— William IV. left no children, and was therefore succeeded by his niece Victoria, the daughter of the Duke of Kent, who was the fourth son of King George III. The young queen was now in her nineteenth year ; she had been carefully educated...
Pagina 356 - The Battle of Waterloo — The Duke of Wellington chose a position near the village of Waterloo. Wellington disposed his troops on some rising ground near Waterloo, over which the road passed to Brussels, and held his ground against the incessant attacks of the French until the arrival of Blucher and his Prussians. Towards evening Marshal Ney very nearly broke through the English line, and had Napoleon been able to send him help at the proper moment it would have gone hard with the English ; he was,...
Pagina 116 - Warenne, producing a rusty sword, "here is my warrant. My ancestors came with William the Bastard and won their lands with the sword, and with the sword will I defend them.
Pagina 103 - ... Normans were restless under the rule of their hereditary enemies, the Angevins. But he was struck down before the walls of the little castle of Chaluz, where he believed a great treasure was concealed. 7. John (1199— 1216).— On Richard's death, John was in France ; and, trusting that the justiciar would secure his succession at home, he spent six weeks in trying to wrest the continental possessions out of the hands of his nephew Arthur. For though this young boy was the son of John's elder...
Pagina 193 - Luther, and received as a token of gratitude from Pope Leo X. the title of " Defender of the Faith/' which his successors have borne to the present day.