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... images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Makers of History Hernando Cortez BY Hernando Cortez, by John S. C. Abbott 1 defense. Cortez himself headed a charge which broke resistlessly ... their frail weapons of CHAPTER III. 19 Hernando Cortez, by John S. C. Abbott The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hernando Cortez, by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for th...

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... III. OPENING OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR. B.C. 217 Fall of Hanno's party Power of Hannibal Desperate valor of the Saguntines Hannibal's disposition of the spoils Hannibal chosen one of the suffetes ... attempting to throw the blame of the violation of the treaty on the other. It was a solemn hour, for the peace of the world, the lives of hundreds of thousands of...

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... them, the points of the spears of eight or ten of the ranks projected in front, forming a bristling wall of points of steel, each one of which was held in its place by the strong arms of an athletic ... destroy it to offer, once for all, a terrible example of the consequences of rebellion against him. The case was not one, he considered, of the ordinary conquest of a foe...

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... burned and their own dwellings roofless, from the visit of some similar horde. King Alfred of England Makers of History PREFACE. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, ... [page 46]true commencement of the history of the American Republic, so that of the Anglo-Saxon adventurers on the island of Thanet represents and marks the origin of...

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... of its construction, is incapable of being divided into rooms, or of accommodating extensive stores of furniture or goods. Of course, a special contrivance is required for the accommodation of ... the name of tribes or clans, and form the constituent elements of the whole social and political organization of the people. In case of general war, each tribe of the Monguls f...

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... notice of the motives of conduct, of the gradual development of character, the good or ill desert of actions, and of the connection of causes and consequences, both in respect to the influence of ... dolphin Death of Alyattes Succession of Croesus Plans of Croesus for subjugating the islands The golden sands of the Pactolus The story of Midas Wealth and renown of C...

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... their possession of the south, and by demanding the surrender of Robert of Artois, who, being disappointed in his claim to the county of Artois by the judgment of the Parliament of Paris, was ... advantage of their disposition. Philip was a really able man, making up by address for want of personal courage. He set himself to lower thePg 13 power of the house of Anjou...

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... adequately, would involve not only the history of religion, of the Churches, of heresies, of persecution, but also the history of philosophy, of the natural sciences and of political theories. From the ... existence of Calcutta for myself. I cannot convince myself in this way of the existence of Napoleon, but if I have doubts about it, a simple process of reasoni...

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... methods of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco. A singular feature of the enthusiasm for tobacco in the early years of the seventeenth century was the existence of professors of the art of ... smoker. The Social History of Smoking 19 Chapter II The Social History of Smoking Project Gutenberg's The Social History of Smoking, by G. L. Apperson This eBook is...

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... considerable than that of Râ of Heliopolis, and ten times greater than that of the Memphite Phtah, and yet of old, in the earlier times of history, Râ and Phtah were reckoned the wealthiest of the Egyptian ... MASPERO, Honorable Doctor of Civil Laws, and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford; Member of the Institute and Professor at the College of France Edited by A. H....

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