Elements of ancient history

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Stranica 242 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico and the countries and isthmus bordering on it as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Stranica 19 - He left, however, to Richard, ten thousand of his troops, under the command of the duke of Burgundy ; and he renewed his oath never to commence hostilities against that prince's dominions during his absence.
Stranica 252 - Ca;sar ; yet they know not the use of moveable types, but print from blocks of wood. When first shown the use of the compass in sailing, they affirmed that they were well acquainted with it, but found no occasion to employ it. The art of painting in China is mere mechanical imitation, without grace, expression, or even accuracy of proportions. Of the rules of perspective, they have not the smallest idea. In sculpture, as in the figures of their idols, the Chinese artists seem to delight in distortion...
Stranica 252 - ... astronomy Of physics they have no acquaintance beyond the knowledge of apparent facts. They never ascend to principles or form theories. Their knowledge of medicine is extremely limited, and is blended with the most contemptible superstition. Of anatomy, they know next to nothing ; and in surgery they have never ventured to amputate a limb, or to reduce a fracture. 7. The state of the useful and elegant arts has been equally stationary as that of the sciences. They have attained many ages ago...
Stranica 237 - Have you not more than once suggested your wishes,, and made known your wants to Congress ? wants and wishes which gratitude and policy...
Stranica 40 - Rochelle should be the capital. Richelieu bargained with the Dutch to furnish a fleet for subduing their Protestant brethren, and the Dutch now fought as keenly for the Catholic religion as they had lately done for the Protestant.
Stranica 94 - Austria (1519). 3. Charles V. and Francis I. were now declared enemies, and their mutual claims on each other's dominions were the subject of perpetual hostility. The emperor claimed Artois as part of the Netherlands. Francis prepared to make good his right to the two Sicilies. Charles had to defend Milan, and support his title to Navarre, which had been wrested from France by his grandfather Ferdinand.
Stranica 57 - The emperor granted the duke and his chief officers permission to retire unmolested; but the duchess, suspecting Conrad , begged that she and the other women in the castle might be allowed to come out with as much as each of them could carry, to be conducted to a place of safety. The request was granted, and to the surprise of the emperor and his army, the duchess and her fair companions staggered forth each carrying her husband. AD 1140.
Stranica 246 - Sanscreet language, long since extinct, and only known to a few of the Bramins. The zeal of some learned Europeans has lately opened that source of information, whence we learn the most interesting particulars of this extraordinary people, perhaps the most early cultivators of the sciences, and the instructors of all the nations of antiquity. We shall briefly notice their singular division into casts, their civil policy, their laws, their progress in the arts and sciences, and their religion. 2....
Stranica 237 - Is this the case ? or is it rather a country that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses...

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