Encyclopaedia 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, Volum 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1831 |
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Pàgina 6
... become free after his death . The destruction of Thebes was sufficient to subject all Greece to the young Alexander . This prince , as generalissimo of the Greeks , gained the most splendid victories over the Persians . An attempt to ...
... become free after his death . The destruction of Thebes was sufficient to subject all Greece to the young Alexander . This prince , as generalissimo of the Greeks , gained the most splendid victories over the Persians . An attempt to ...
Pàgina 12
... become necessary , and attained continually a greater devel- opement . It first spoke in maxims and gnomes , in fables and in dogmatic pre- cepts . Lyric poetry next gave utterance to the feelings excited by the pleasures of earth . Of ...
... become necessary , and attained continually a greater devel- opement . It first spoke in maxims and gnomes , in fables and in dogmatic pre- cepts . Lyric poetry next gave utterance to the feelings excited by the pleasures of earth . Of ...
Pàgina 15
... become prevalent . The more gratifying , therefore , is the appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be regarded as the author of true historical description , by which universal history ...
... become prevalent . The more gratifying , therefore , is the appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be regarded as the author of true historical description , by which universal history ...
Pàgina 20
... become the victims of Turkish or Greek fanaticism . that of Hydra , in order to assemble a con- gress of deputies from all Greece , at Ca- Tamata . Whilst Mavrocordato and others were making these preparations , Deme- trius Ypsilanti ...
... become the victims of Turkish or Greek fanaticism . that of Hydra , in order to assemble a con- gress of deputies from all Greece , at Ca- Tamata . Whilst Mavrocordato and others were making these preparations , Deme- trius Ypsilanti ...
Pàgina 25
... become obnoxious on account of his plans for quelling the mutinous spirit of the janiza- ries ( who refused to march to the Morea ) by means of Asiatic troops and European discipline , and on account of his influ- ence , which excluded ...
... become obnoxious on account of his plans for quelling the mutinous spirit of the janiza- ries ( who refused to march to the Morea ) by means of Asiatic troops and European discipline , and on account of his influ- ence , which excluded ...
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