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... defeated Tippoo Saib , 1792 , and annexed a portion of his dominions . The English army , partly commanded by Arthur Wellesley , afterwards Duke of Wellington , overthrew Tippoo Saib , who was killed at the storming of Seringapatam ...
... defeated Tippoo Saib , 1792 , and annexed a portion of his dominions . The English army , partly commanded by Arthur Wellesley , afterwards Duke of Wellington , overthrew Tippoo Saib , who was killed at the storming of Seringapatam ...
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... defeated at Ferozeshah , Aliwal , and Sobraon . In 1848 and 1849 occurred the second Sikh war . After the battles of Chillianwallah and Gujerat the Punjaub was annexed . In 1857 , the great Indian Mutiny broke out , which was finally ...
... defeated at Ferozeshah , Aliwal , and Sobraon . In 1848 and 1849 occurred the second Sikh war . After the battles of Chillianwallah and Gujerat the Punjaub was annexed . In 1857 , the great Indian Mutiny broke out , which was finally ...
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... defeated Montcalm on the Heights of Abraham . In this battle both generals were killed , and Quebec fell into the hands of the English , who then became masters of the whole of Canada . At the peace of Paris , 1763 , Canada was finally ...
... defeated Montcalm on the Heights of Abraham . In this battle both generals were killed , and Quebec fell into the hands of the English , who then became masters of the whole of Canada . At the peace of Paris , 1763 , Canada was finally ...
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... defeated in a great battle , and their confederacy broken up . Many of the tribes then submitted . Cassivellaunus at- tempted to carry on the war ; but , not being supported by his allies , was forced to submit to the Romans . The ...
... defeated in a great battle , and their confederacy broken up . Many of the tribes then submitted . Cassivellaunus at- tempted to carry on the war ; but , not being supported by his allies , was forced to submit to the Romans . The ...
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... defeated the Caledonian chief Galgacus , advanced as far as the river Tay , and erected a chain of forts between the rivers Forth and Clyde to protect the southern parts of the island against the inroads of the Caledonians . Agricola ...
... defeated the Caledonian chief Galgacus , advanced as far as the river Tay , and erected a chain of forts between the rivers Forth and Clyde to protect the southern parts of the island against the inroads of the Caledonians . Agricola ...
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Page 235 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side ; or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes ; I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 235 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 235 - ... though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy, and can therefore take a view of nature in her deep and solemn scenes with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones.
Page 233 - ... that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances that are common to all mankind.
Page 233 - ... buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born, and that they died.
Page 215 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 234 - The inscription is answerable to the monument; for instead of celebrating the many remarkable actions he had performed in the service of his country, it acquaints us only with the manner of his death, in which it was impossible for him to reap any honour.
Page 234 - Instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions, under a canopy of state.
Page 234 - I observed indeed that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments, which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim, or in the bosom of the ocean.
Page 233 - I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey: where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness that is not disagreeable.