A Geographical and Historical View of the World: Exhibiting a Complete Delineation of the Natural and Artificial Features of Each Country: And a Succinct Narrative of the Origin of the Different Nations, Their Political Revolutions, and Progress in Arts, Sciences, Literature, Commerce &c. The Whole Comprising All that is Important in the Geography of the Globe, and the History of Mankind, Volume 3Thomas B. Wait and Company Sold by them, and by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, and Samuel Pleasants, Richmond, 1811 - Geography |
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 295 - It was seated in a vale of no great extent, watered by a small brook, and surrounded by rising grounds, covered with lofty trees ; from the nature of the soil, as well as the temperature of the climate, it was esteemed the most healthful and delicious situation in Spain.
Page 294 - He observed, that, from the seventeenth year of his age, he had dedicated all his thoughts and attention to public objects, reserving no portion of his time for the indulgence of his ease, and very little for the enjoyment of private pleasure...
Page 249 - Bull, there were to be seven princely electors: the archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne, the king of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, and the Margrave of Brandenburg.
Page 293 - Such are the capital articles in this famous recess, which is the basis of religious peace in Germany, and the bond of union among its various states, the sentiments of which are so extremely different with respect to points the most interesting as well as important. In our age and nation, to which the idea of toleration is familiar, and its beneficial effects well known, it may seem strange, that a method of terminating...
Page 295 - ... exhausted by the rage of an incurable distemper, his growing infirmities admonished him to retire; nor was he so fond of reigning, as to retain the sceptre in an impotent hand, which was no longer able to protect his subjects...
Page 266 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Page 295 - ... judged it more decent to conceal his infirmities in some solitude, than to expose them any longer to the public eye ; and prudently determined not to forfeit the fame, or lose the acquisitions, of his better years, by struggling with a vain obstinacy to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with steadiness or to guide them with address...
Page 2 - A geographical and historical view of the world: Exhibiting a complete delineation of the natural and artificial features of each country: and a succinct narrative of the origin of the different nations, their political revolutions, and progress in arts sciences, literature, commerce. &c. The whole comprising all that is important in the geography of the globe, and the history of mankind. By John Bigland. Author of "Letters on ancient and modern history.
Page 361 - ... the number of killed and wounded amounted to more than 2O,OOO, and according to the most authenticated accounts, near 4O,OOO were made prisoners. The duke of Brunswick was mortally wounded, and died some days after the action. The French advanced to Berlin, and took possession not only of Brandenburg and the greatest part of Silesia, but also of Hamburg, Lubeck, Mecklenburg, and several other German states. Most of the Prussian towns surrendered without resistance, and the different divisions...