Outlines of General History

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American Book Company, 1900 - World history - 564 pages
 

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Page 275 - Furthermore — and here comes in another law of dramatic construction — a play must be, in one way or another, "satisfactory" to the audience. This word has a meaning which varies in different countries, and even in different parts of the same country; but whatever audience you are writing for, your work must be "satisfactory
Page liii - HISTORY by far the larger part of the book has been devoted to the history of the United States since 1783. From the beginning the attention of the student is directed to causes and results rather than to isolated events. Special prominence is given to the social and economic development of the country.
Page 531 - Indies." I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
Page lv - In this work the political history is condensed to the salient and essential facts in order to give room for a clear outline of the literature, religion, architecture, character, habits, etc., of each nation.
Page 356 - Europe, from which he had hoped much favorable to his cause, had passed a solemn censure upon his writings; and that Henry VIII., king of England, had published an answer to a treatise of his, entitled the Babylonish Captivity, and for it had received from the Pope the title of Defender of the Faith. A circumstance, however, which affected him more than either of these (for Luther was not a man who was to be overawed by monarchs or universities) was the conduct of his own friend and partizan Carlostadt,...
Page 25 - It contains a command that the decree should be inscribed in the sacred letters (hieroglyphics) , the letters of the country (demotic), and Greek letters, — and this for the convenience of the mixed population of Egypt under its Greek rulers. It was natural to conclude that the three texts were the same in substance, and accordingly earnest efforts were made to decipher the hieroglyphics by aid of the Greek. The first clew was obtained by noticing that certain groups of the hieroglyphic characters...
Page lv - With maps and illustrations . $1.60 A manual of ancient history from the earliest times to the fall of the Western Empire, with a full index in which pronunciations are indicated. The book is also issued in three parts, each part sufficiently full and comprehensive for the academic and university course : — Part I., Eastern Empires, So cts.
Page 497 - The declared purpose of this alliance was to make the principles of the New Testament the guide in political matters. The sovereigns resolved "henceforth to take the Christian religion as their guide ; to rule their states and regulate their conduct towards their citizens, strictly in accordance...
Page lix - Chemistry HE ROSCOE. Physics. . .BALFOUR STEWART. Physical Geography A. GEIKIE. Geology A. GEIKIE. Physiology M. FOSTER. Astronomy. . . JN LOCKYER. Botany JD HOOKER. Logic WS JEVONS.
Page 51 - Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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