The Course of Empire: Outlines of the Chief Political Changes in the History of the World (arranged by Centuries)J.R. Osgood & Company, 1883 - 459 sider |
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... East , were far advanced when Europe was a wilderness , but their arts and learning have not been progressive , and were stereotyped ages ago . While bar- barous tribes have since reached a high civilization , the Eastern mind has shown ...
... East , were far advanced when Europe was a wilderness , but their arts and learning have not been progressive , and were stereotyped ages ago . While bar- barous tribes have since reached a high civilization , the Eastern mind has shown ...
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... empires in the East may be safely passed over by all except professed Oriental historians . FREEMAN . Slow conquests , long struggles of race against race , amalgamations , insensible growth and development of political systems , to ...
... empires in the East may be safely passed over by all except professed Oriental historians . FREEMAN . Slow conquests , long struggles of race against race , amalgamations , insensible growth and development of political systems , to ...
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... EMPIRE is concerned , may properly enough be placed in the fifth century before Christ . There are many authenticated dates and facts previous to that time , but then , through the wars of Persia with Greece , the Eastern world was ...
... EMPIRE is concerned , may properly enough be placed in the fifth century before Christ . There are many authenticated dates and facts previous to that time , but then , through the wars of Persia with Greece , the Eastern world was ...
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... est importance to them when considered in reference to the subsequent contests in which they were destined to engage . This was the first of all the victories of the West over the East , the first battle which showed how skill and ...
... est importance to them when considered in reference to the subsequent contests in which they were destined to engage . This was the first of all the victories of the West over the East , the first battle which showed how skill and ...
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... eastern bed , and the world was once more comparatively at rest , the conti- nent of Greece rose visibly and ... empire only served yet more to sustain the general peace , from the exhaustion of its forces . The defeat of Xer- xes paralyzed ...
... eastern bed , and the world was once more comparatively at rest , the conti- nent of Greece rose visibly and ... empire only served yet more to sustain the general peace , from the exhaustion of its forces . The defeat of Xer- xes paralyzed ...
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Africa America ancient Asia Athens Augustus barbarians barbarous battle became BYRON Cæsar Carthage Charlemagne Charles Christian Church civilization conquered conquest Constantinople Cromwell crown Crusades defeated discovery dominion dynasty earth East Eastern Empire EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Egypt Emperor England English Europe European feudal France Franks French Gaul genius GERMAN EMPIRE Germany GIBBON glory Goths Greece Greek GUIZOT Heliotype Printing human independence invaded Italy King kingdom land liberty LORD Louis XIV MACAULAY mankind Middle Ages mind Mogul MOGUL EMPIRE monarchy Napoleon nations never o'er PARTHIA peace period Persia philosophers political Pope princes PROMINENT NAMES Reformation reign religion religious republic Revolution Roman Empire Roman province Rome RUSSIA Saracens Saxons Seljuk Turks Sicily sixteenth century Spain Spanish spirit struggle Syria territory thou throne tion Turks United vast Venice victory Visigoths wars Western WESTERN FRANKS whole WORDSWORTH
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Side 140 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Side 94 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...
Side 109 - No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by.
Side 21 - 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?
Side 47 - 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...
Side 35 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were : First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away — is this the whole ? A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour ! The warrior's weapon and the sophist's stole Are sought in vain, and o'er each mouldering tower, Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Side 17 - Islands of the Blest.' The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Side 412 - 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...
Side 246 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Side 113 - It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three Had Rome been growing up to might, And now was queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing wars; Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain: Apollo, Pallas, Jove, and Mars Held undisturbed their ancient reign, In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago.