Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference: Relating to All Ages and Nations ... with Copius Details of England, Scotland, and Ireland; the Whole Comprehending a Body of Information, Classical, Political, and Domestic, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time |
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... island of Great Britain is said to have been first so called by Julius Cæsar , on account of the chalky cliffs upon its coast , on his invasion of the country , 54 B.C. The Romans conquered it , and held possession about 400 years . On ...
... island of Great Britain is said to have been first so called by Julius Cæsar , on account of the chalky cliffs upon its coast , on his invasion of the country , 54 B.C. The Romans conquered it , and held possession about 400 years . On ...
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... island , where the two nations resided and jointly shared in the pepper trade of Java , Feb. 17 , 1623. Amboyna was ... Islands . This great navigator found the continent of America in 1497 , and the eastern coasts were found by Amerigo ...
... island , where the two nations resided and jointly shared in the pepper trade of Java , Feb. 17 , 1623. Amboyna was ... Islands . This great navigator found the continent of America in 1497 , and the eastern coasts were found by Amerigo ...
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... ISLAND OF THE ANGLES ( ey , in Saxon , being island ) . This celebrated seat of the Druids , was subdued by the Romans ( who called it Mona ) , A.D. 78 ; and by the English in 1282. The fortress of Beaumaris was built by Edward I. to ...
... ISLAND OF THE ANGLES ( ey , in Saxon , being island ) . This celebrated seat of the Druids , was subdued by the Romans ( who called it Mona ) , A.D. 78 ; and by the English in 1282. The fortress of Beaumaris was built by Edward I. to ...
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... island , called Antipodes Island . - Brookes . ANTIQUARIES , AND ANTIQUE . The term antique is applied to the productions of the arts from the age of Alexander to the time of the irruption of the Goths into Italy , in A.D. 400. A ...
... island , called Antipodes Island . - Brookes . ANTIQUARIES , AND ANTIQUE . The term antique is applied to the productions of the arts from the age of Alexander to the time of the irruption of the Goths into Italy , in A.D. 400. A ...
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... island and continental Australia , and gave the first correct report of the latter mass of land , 1606. The Dutch appear to have been the chief discoverers during the next forty years ; and between 1642 and 1644 , Tasman completed the ...
... island and continental Australia , and gave the first correct report of the latter mass of land , 1606. The Dutch appear to have been the chief discoverers during the next forty years ; and between 1642 and 1644 , Tasman completed the ...
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Page 182 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 187 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Page 28 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 81 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 31 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 438 - ... thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 507 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 154 - Cœsar was the first who obtained the express permission of the senate to place his portrait on the coins, and the example was soon followed. In the earlier and more simple days of Rome...
Page 141 - As the champion of God and the ladies (I blush to unite such discordant names), he devoted himself to speak the truth; to maintain the right; to protect the distressed...
Page 412 - The Persians did not punish the first offence. In England, during a period of the Heptarchy, murder was punished by fines only. So late as Henry VIII.'s time, the crime was compounded for in Wales.