The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising Ancient and Modern History: The Biography of the Eminent Men of Europe and America, and the Lives of Distinguished Travelers |
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... Declaration of Independence - Franklin , Lafayette , Kosciusko - Trenton- Brandywine - Burgoyne's Defeat - Alliance of France and America - Baron Steuben - D'Estaing - Stony Point -Arnold - Col . Hayne - Capitulation of Cornwallis ...
... Declaration of Independence - Franklin , Lafayette , Kosciusko - Trenton- Brandywine - Burgoyne's Defeat - Alliance of France and America - Baron Steuben - D'Estaing - Stony Point -Arnold - Col . Hayne - Capitulation of Cornwallis ...
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... declared by the Vedas to be the only proper object of worship . Only a very few persons of extraordinary gifts and virtues , however , are able , it is said , to adore the Supreme Being - the great Oмdirectly . The great majority of ...
... declared by the Vedas to be the only proper object of worship . Only a very few persons of extraordinary gifts and virtues , however , are able , it is said , to adore the Supreme Being - the great Oмdirectly . The great majority of ...
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... declared that none but Jupiter was worthy of being their king after such a prince as Codrus . It is supposed that they were partly induced to make this declaration by finding the sons of Codrus evince an inclination to involve the ...
... declared that none but Jupiter was worthy of being their king after such a prince as Codrus . It is supposed that they were partly induced to make this declaration by finding the sons of Codrus evince an inclination to involve the ...
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... declared her resolution to conquer central Italy . The series of wars against Etruscans , Latins , Her- nicans , Gauls , Volscians , and Samnites , sometimes singly , sometimes in combination , by which she carried her resolution into ...
... declared her resolution to conquer central Italy . The series of wars against Etruscans , Latins , Her- nicans , Gauls , Volscians , and Samnites , sometimes singly , sometimes in combination , by which she carried her resolution into ...
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... declared in favor of the former , besieged and took Jerusalem , and having imposed a tribute on the Jews , commenced his march homewards . On his return through Asia Minor , he found that Mithridates had in the meantime killed himself ...
... declared in favor of the former , besieged and took Jerusalem , and having imposed a tribute on the Jews , commenced his march homewards . On his return through Asia Minor , he found that Mithridates had in the meantime killed himself ...
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