Great Events
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共 37 段- Toward the close of this age the balance of power in Norther
- His first measures were dictated less by great energy of ini
- The house of Bourbon had become as effete as the house of Va
- In the first place a blazing star or comet appeared for seve
- I got admittance into the church-yard by being acquainted wi
- Newton should not, however, be regarded as an isolated pheno
- If the peculiar genius of Newton has been displayed in his i
- After all these steps had been taken, Morgan briefly address
- The freebooters' task, however, was by no means completed. T
- The Dutch advanced in three squadrons, nearly in a line with
- It was now become evident to the Government that the only mo
- Continuing their descent, the confluence of the Arkansas wit
- [Footnote 1: "A vessel loaded with merchandise belonging to
- Yet this enterprise was not without its drawbacks. As the tr
- A thickset, stalwart figure, with brisk eyes, and high, stro
- Penn's object being to obtain adventurers and settlers at on
- The hottest fighting took place at the "Label" bastion, arou
- The bishops continued still to press on him a deep sense of
- The order followed to demolish unceasingly all the churches
- With the accession of William and Mary to the throne of Engl
- [Footnote 1: And desired they would send to Eastwell for the
- But the dispute, like many another in our political history,
- "The child is amusing himself," the courtiers of Sophia affe
- In 1683 the quo warranto was brought over by Edward Randolph
- Andros, meanwhile, who adopted the policy of his predecessor
- William rode along the line to show himself to the army afte
- The matter had now assumed so much importance that the Deput
- Yet we need less wonder at the pertinacity with which this d
- The effect of the new corporation was almost immediately exp
- In 1703 war had broken out between Great Britain, France, an
- Although the new dignity rested only on the possession of Pr
- Marlborough had watched with the deepest anxiety the progres
- The battle was now won. Tallard and Marsin, severed from eac
- The opposition, however, did not adopt their defeat. They we
- On July 18, 1702, Sheremetief won a fresh victory over
- The Sweden of Gustavus Adolphus had indeed disappeared. Char
- Battle of Fehrbellin; the Swedes, having invaded Brandenburg