Great Events
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共 37 段- The latter half of the reign of Frederick the Great was very
- This new subscription was also taken up in a few days. If we
- I had caused the country in the rear of the grand vizier's a
- Books were opened at the bank for subscription of three mill
- But, as we have said, the great poet must perceive in things
- Reaching its top, a beautiful prospect met their eyes. At th
- His character and opinions at this time may be briefly descr
- Irritated at the disgrace he had suffered, Nadir left the ci
- Nadir Shah, soon after his elevation to the throne, marched
- The soldiers of Nadir were, we are informed, after the exped
- All Richardson's novels are written in what Mrs. Barbauld ha
- Maria Theresa, young and generous and high-spirited herself,
- It is true, and must not be forgotten, that Charles did not
- In speaking of the first publication of his papers on electr
- Voltairism may stand for the name of the Renaissance of the
- "It will not do," wrote D'Alembert to Voltaire as early as 1
- There is little reason to doubt that as Braddock drew near,
- "We continued our march from Fort Cumberland to Frazier's (w
- The delay was unfortunate; for before the squadron sailed th
- The situation was certainly a very alarming one. Clive had o
- Fresh storms rose on the horizon and threatened to overwhelm
- Here arriving, a battalion of Croats was found, who were all
- The first operation was the siege of Louisburg, which surren
- Through the whole weary month of August little occurred that
- At Moscow they made the best of impression; the Czarina was
- With what a quaint inconsequence her truer self appeared at
- The chief centre of Indian activity and the main point of at
- Fort Pitt was the British military head-quarters of the West
- The bill met with no opposition in the House of Lords; and,
- In the collection belonging to the University of Glasgow the
- Some writers, possessed with the love of reducing political
- Such was the weak manner in which the Russian diplomatists i
- The spirit of the people rose with the emergency. Two more t
- The machine of Arkwright was adapted for roving by means of
- "You are forever searching for what is necessary in nature,"
- Soon after the breaking up of his establishment at Neuhof, t
- Siege of Philippsburg by the French under Berwick; the fortr