The Story of the World for Children of the British Empire, Bücher 4W. Blackwood & Sons, 1903 |
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... Emperor of the French - The Battle of Trafalgar -The Death of Nelson - A Second Charlemagne - The Rise of Welling- ton - At the Cape of Good Hope- The First Australian Colony - Story of the Slave Trade - The Defence of Saratoga - Sir ...
... Emperor of the French - The Battle of Trafalgar -The Death of Nelson - A Second Charlemagne - The Rise of Welling- ton - At the Cape of Good Hope- The First Australian Colony - Story of the Slave Trade - The Defence of Saratoga - Sir ...
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... EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH 121 26. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 126 27. THE DEATH OF NELSON 132 28. A SECOND CHARLEMAGNE 136 29. THE RISE OF WELLINGTON 30. AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 141 146 31. THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN COLONY 150 32. STORY OF THE ...
... EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH 121 26. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 126 27. THE DEATH OF NELSON 132 28. A SECOND CHARLEMAGNE 136 29. THE RISE OF WELLINGTON 30. AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 141 146 31. THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN COLONY 150 32. STORY OF THE ...
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... emperors was called Baber , or the Tiger ; but he was succeeded by a yet more famous grand- son called Akbar , whose power is spoken of still in India to - day . Akbar added to the Mogul Empire until it became the most extensive and ...
... emperors was called Baber , or the Tiger ; but he was succeeded by a yet more famous grand- son called Akbar , whose power is spoken of still in India to - day . Akbar added to the Mogul Empire until it became the most extensive and ...
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... Emperor's favourite elephant was fed on good meat , with plenty of sugar and brandy . Aurangzeb himself was nearly one hundred years old when he died . Suspicion lest his sons should subject him to the fate which he had inflicted on his ...
... Emperor's favourite elephant was fed on good meat , with plenty of sugar and brandy . Aurangzeb himself was nearly one hundred years old when he died . Suspicion lest his sons should subject him to the fate which he had inflicted on his ...
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... emperor , three were to be kings ; while of the girls , one was to be a queen , and two princesses . Little enough is known of Napoleon's childhood . His chosen toy was a small brass cannon , his favourite retreat , a solitary summer ...
... emperor , three were to be kings ; while of the girls , one was to be a queen , and two princesses . Little enough is known of Napoleon's childhood . His chosen toy was a small brass cannon , his favourite retreat , a solitary summer ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Admiral Africa America arms army arrived attack Austria Bastile battle battle of Trafalgar Blücher brave British broke Bruce Cape Captain Captain Cook chapter Clive coast colonies colonists command Cook Corsica cried dauphin dead death declared dressed Dupleix Dutch East Emperor empire enemy England English escape Europe famous fell fight fire flag fleet fought France French governor guns Hardy hero honour Horatio Nelson hour India island king land Louis Louis XVI Marie Antoinette miles Mogul morning Mungo Park Napoleon NAPOLEON BONAPARTE nation native Nelson Niger night Nile palace Paris passed peace Pitt Portugal Quatre-Bras Quebec queen Raja reached retreat returned Revolution river Robert Clive Russia sailed sailor sent ships slaves snow soldiers soon South Spain stood storm story struggle throne Toulon town Trafalgar triumph troops Tuileries Versailles victory Warren Hastings Waterloo Wellesley Wellington Wolfe young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 121 - Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save ; So peace instead of death let us bring ; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our king.
Seite 169 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Seite 129 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Seite 24 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Seite 169 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Seite 138 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.
Seite 169 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Seite 115 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shoae round him o'er the dead.
Seite 218 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Seite 41 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.