Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Tom 7Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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Strona 9
... battle is to be performed by the infantry , which composes the greatest part of an army , and is , in point of char- acter , the most important part , because it can be used every where - in mountains , on plains , in woods , on rivers ...
... battle is to be performed by the infantry , which composes the greatest part of an army , and is , in point of char- acter , the most important part , because it can be used every where - in mountains , on plains , in woods , on rivers ...
Strona 60
... battle of the Boyne ( 1689 ) restored the Protestant ascendency . Wil- liam proscribed the adherents of James , and confiscated their estates . Great num- bers of the Irish entered the French ar- my , and it has been computed that ...
... battle of the Boyne ( 1689 ) restored the Protestant ascendency . Wil- liam proscribed the adherents of James , and confiscated their estates . Great num- bers of the Irish entered the French ar- my , and it has been computed that ...
Strona 81
... battle of Toro , in 1476. After the kingdoms of Arragon and Castile were thus united , Fer- dinand and Isabella assumed the royal title of Spain . With the graces and charms of her sex , Isabella united the courage of a hero , and the ...
... battle of Toro , in 1476. After the kingdoms of Arragon and Castile were thus united , Fer- dinand and Isabella assumed the royal title of Spain . With the graces and charms of her sex , Isabella united the courage of a hero , and the ...
Strona 88
... battle of Cherona . In Plu- tarch's time , 60 orations went under his name , not half of which were , however , deemed genuine . Twenty - one now re- main , of which the principal are the Panegyricus ( an oration in which he ex- horts ...
... battle of Cherona . In Plu- tarch's time , 60 orations went under his name , not half of which were , however , deemed genuine . Twenty - one now re- main , of which the principal are the Panegyricus ( an oration in which he ex- horts ...
Strona 92
... battle in 552 , and Teias in 553 , after which Italy was annexed to the Eastern Empire , under an exarch , who re- sided at Ravenna . But the first exarch , Narses , a eunuch , sunk under the intrigues of the Byzantine court , and his ...
... battle in 552 , and Teias in 553 , after which Italy was annexed to the Eastern Empire , under an exarch , who re- sided at Ravenna . But the first exarch , Narses , a eunuch , sunk under the intrigues of the Byzantine court , and his ...
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