The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 408
... Empire became the British Empire ( 1707 ) . The Scots , however , retained their own law and courts subject to an appeal to the House of Lords ; they themselves safeguarded their Established Presbyterian Kirk ( Church ) , and they ...
... Empire became the British Empire ( 1707 ) . The Scots , however , retained their own law and courts subject to an appeal to the House of Lords ; they themselves safeguarded their Established Presbyterian Kirk ( Church ) , and they ...
Page 417
... Empire , and even enthusiasm for it , had grown since the 1880's when it had been " discovered " by John Robert Seeley in his Expansion of England . Ten- nyson , Swinburne , Stevenson , W. E. Henley , and above all , Kipling had hymned ...
... Empire , and even enthusiasm for it , had grown since the 1880's when it had been " discovered " by John Robert Seeley in his Expansion of England . Ten- nyson , Swinburne , Stevenson , W. E. Henley , and above all , Kipling had hymned ...
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... empire of Trebizond . The period of the Comneni marks the last phase of the Byzantine Empire as a power of importance . When Alexius I became emperor , the empire was surrounded by enemies , the Sel- juks in Asia Minor and the Normans ...
... empire of Trebizond . The period of the Comneni marks the last phase of the Byzantine Empire as a power of importance . When Alexius I became emperor , the empire was surrounded by enemies , the Sel- juks in Asia Minor and the Normans ...
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