item: #1 of 21 id: 10103 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation date: None words: 162167 flesch: 61 summary: The invention of the alphabet, which, in a small number of elementary characters, is capable of six hundred and twenty sextillions of combinations, and of exhibiting to the sight the countless conceptions of the mind which have no corporeal forms, is so wonderful that great men of all ages have shrunk from accounting for it otherwise than as a boon of divine origin. It is an error to think that new obligations will extinguish the memory of former injuries in the minds of great men. keywords: account; admiral; afterward; arms; army; art; authority; battle; brother; burgundy; cabot; cape; century; charles; chief; christian; church; city; coast; columbus; country; course; court; danger; day; days; death; duke; earl; edward; emperor; end; enemy; england; english; europe; father; favor; fear; ferdinand; florence; footnote; france; french; general; god; good; government; half; hands; henry; house; hunyady; inquisition; island; italy; jews; john; king; kingdom; land; large; left; letters; life; lord; lorenzo; louis; man; master; means; men; michelangelo; near; new; night; north; number; order; people; period; place; point; pope; power; present; prince; printing; queen; return; richard; rome; sea; second; set; ships; sir; son; south; spain; state; things; thought; time; turks; viii; voyage; warwick; way; words; work; world; years; york; young cache: 10103.txt plain text: 10103.txt item: #2 of 21 id: 10114 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) date: None words: 161981 flesch: 63 summary: But also, without doubt, many of his assailants, like those of other great men, have been mainly instigated by that strongest of all antipathies, the antipathy of a second-rate mind to a first-rate one, and by the envy which talent too often bears to genius. But we may disregard Ion as a mere dramatic poet who always sees in great men something upon which to exercise his satiric vein; whereas Zeno used to invite those who called the haughtiness of Pericles a mere courting of popularity and affectation of grandeur, to court popularity themselves in the same fashion, since the acting of such a part might insensibly mould their dispositions until they resembled that of their model. keywords: account; africa; alexander; antony; armies; arminius; arms; army; athenians; athens; attack; b.c; battle; body; brother; brutus; camp; carthage; carthaginians; cassius; cavalry; chief; city; cleopatra; command; consul; country; cæsar; day; days; death; egypt; empire; enemies; enemy; fleet; footnote; force; friends; gauls; general; good; great; greek; ground; hands; hannibal; hasdrubal; head; history; italy; king; land; law; left; legions; life; line; manner; march; means; men; military; number; octavian; order; people; pericles; persian; place; power; present; public; pyrrhus; rest; right; river; roman; rome; saw; scipio; sea; second; senate; ships; sicily; socrates; soldiers; son; spirit; state; strength; syracuse; things; thought; time; troops; victory; war; way; world; years cache: 10114.txt plain text: 10114.txt item: #3 of 21 id: 10128 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 date: None words: 153404 flesch: 62 summary: For candor and childlike simplicity, the writings of Darwin are especially noteworthy among the modest utterances of great men, and nowhere are these qualities more strikingly revealed than in the following account of the production of his principal work. This necessity had not been overlooked, but had been provided for, as well as might be, in the notable argument of squatter sovereignty, otherwise called sacred right of self-government, which latter phrase, though expressive of the only rightful basis of any government, was so perverted in this attempted use of it as to amount to just this: That if any _one_ man choose to enslave _another_, no _third_ man shall be allowed to object. keywords: abd; account; act; american; arms; army; assembly; attack; austria; body; california; captain; cause; chief; children; city; commodore; constitution; country; course; day; days; discovery; emperor; end; enemy; england; english; europe; european; fire; following; force; france; freedom; french; garibaldi; general; gold; good; government; guns; half; hand; head; held; house; italy; japanese; kader; king; kossuth; law; left; liberty; life; man; march; men; mexican; miles; military; months; morning; movement; napoleon; national; new; news; number; officers; order; party; people; pius; place; point; policy; pope; position; power; present; president; public; question; republic; revolution; right; river; roman; rome; round; russia; san; second; sir; soldiers; south; states; system; territory; time; town; trade; treaty; troops; united; war; way; work; world; wounded; years cache: 10128.txt plain text: 10128.txt item: #4 of 21 id: 10151 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) date: None words: 152817 flesch: 63 summary: No doubt up and down Wessex, thrashed and trodden out as the nation is by this time, there are other good men and true, who will neither cross the sea nor the Welsh marches nor make terms with the pagan; some sprinkling of men who will yet set life at stake, for faith in Christ and love of England. By a process called subinfeudation, lands were granted in parcels to other men by those who received them from the king or otherwise, and by these lower landholders to others again; and as the first recipient became the vassal of the king and the suzerain of the man who held next below him, there was created a regular descending scale of such vassalage and suzerainty, in which each man's allegiance was directly due to his feudal lord, and not to the king himself. keywords: a.d; afterward; alfred; arms; army; authority; battle; bishop; body; brother; camp; century; charlemagne; charles; chief; chivalry; christian; church; churches; city; conquest; constantinople; council; country; crown; crusaders; danes; day; days; death; duke; earl; east; emperor; empire; enemy; england; english; europe; faith; father; feudal; force; france; general; german; god; good; government; great; greek; gregory; hand; harold; head; henry; holy; italy; jerusalem; king; king henry; kingdom; knights; lands; left; life; lord; louis; man; men; military; new; norman; normandy; northmen; number; order; people; peter; place; pope; possession; power; prince; reign; right; robert; roman; rome; saxon; sea; service; set; son; spirit; state; stephen; strong; sword; thou; throne; time; troops; war; way; west; western; william; work; world; years cache: 10151.txt plain text: 10151.txt item: #5 of 21 id: 10341 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) date: None words: 151946 flesch: 61 summary: Pobiedonostseff, the Procurator of the Holy Synod, and other men as reactionary as he, discovered the fact, or gave birth to the idea, that the fundamental rights of Finland could be interfered with if these fundamental rights interfered with the welfare of the Russian Empire. By the accident of birth alone they had been put in a position different from other men. keywords: action; advance; africa; american; army; automobile; balkan; bill; body; british; bulgaria; business; canal; capital; car; case; china; city; conference; constitution; control; country; course; day; days; diaz; empire; end; england; europe; fact; feet; finland; finnish; force; foreign; form; france; general; good; government; governors; greek; half; hand; history; house; huerta; income; interests; italy; king; law; laws; left; life; line; lords; madero; making; man; matter; means; members; mexico; miles; military; minister; moment; movement; national; new; number; order; parliament; party; people; persia; place; plan; point; policy; position; power; present; president; progress; public; question; republic; revolution; right; russian; sea; second; self; situation; south; states; states government; suffrage; tax; time; troops; turkey; turkish; turks; united; united states; vote; war; way; women; work; world; years cache: 10341.txt plain text: 10341.txt item: #6 of 21 id: 11099 author: Corner, Miss (Julia) title: More Seeds of Knowledge; Or, Another Peep at Charles date: None words: 6844 flesch: 72 summary: You have heard a great deal about Charles in the Seeds of Useful Knowledge; perhaps you would like to hear a little more about him; for, as he was never tired of learning good things, I might fill many books, if I were to speak of every thing that his papa and mamma taught him. But I dare say all the boys and girls who read this, have kind parents or friends who teach them, as well as Charles's papa and mamma taught him; so I will only mention such things as they may not perhaps yet have heard. keywords: charles; day; king; mamma; papa; people cache: 11099.txt plain text: 11099.txt item: #7 of 21 id: 14260 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) date: None words: 157829 flesch: 62 summary: In his charter to the city, King Henry exempts his Jews, who were to remain the exclusive property of himself and his successors. His tragic fate is powerfully depicted by Shakespeare in his _King John_. keywords: a.d; afterward; alexander; archbishop; arms; army; attack; authority; baldwin; barons; battle; bishops; brother; castle; cause; chief; christian; church; cities; city; clergy; constantinople; council; country; court; cross; crown; crusade; crusaders; day; days; death; earl; east; edward; emperor; empire; end; enemies; enemy; england; english; europe; forces; france; frederick; french; gave; general; german; god; grand; great; hand; head; henry; history; holy; iii; innocent; italy; jerusalem; jews; john; khan; king; king john; kingdom; knights; latin; law; league; left; life; louis; master; men; nobles; number; order; ottocar; papal; peace; people; philip; pope; power; prince; return; richard; right; rome; royal; rudolph; saladin; sea; set; sicily; soldiers; son; sovereign; state; temudjin; time; town; troops; walls; war; way; william; years cache: 14260.txt plain text: 14260.txt item: #8 of 21 id: 15345 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 date: None words: 159265 flesch: 59 summary: And when the unwary patriarch had desired him to pray in the church, little considering what might be the consequence, the Caliph, well knowing how apt men are to be superstitious in the imitation of their princes and great men, especially such as they look upon to be successors of a prophet, made the best provision he could, that no pretended imitation of him might lead to the infringement of the security he had already given. They say also that the spoil found by the Moslems in the camp of the Christians surpassed all computation, for the princes and great men of the Goths who had fallen were distinguished by the rings of gold they wore on their fingers, those of an inferior class by similar ornaments of silver, while those of the slaves were made of brass. keywords: a.d; abu; account; age; alaric; arabs; arms; army; attila; barbarians; battle; bishop; britain; camp; century; character; charlemagne; charles; christian; church; city; clovis; command; conquest; constantinople; country; day; days; death; east; eastern; emperor; empire; enemy; english; europe; faith; father; frankish; franks; gaul; general; god; gothic; goths; government; hand; head; history; holy; huns; inhabitants; italy; justinian; king; kingdom; koran; land; law; laws; left; life; mahomet; march; master; mecca; medina; men; mussulmans; nations; new; number; obeidah; omar; order; people; place; pope; power; present; prophet; public; pépin; religion; right; roman; rome; saracens; saxons; sea; set; son; sons; spain; state; sword; thee; things; thou; time; tribes; victory; war; way; west; work; world; years cache: 15345.txt plain text: 15345.txt item: #9 of 21 id: 16352 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 date: None words: 157330 flesch: 63 summary: As has befallen many other great men, Confucius' married life was not a happy one, and he finally divorced his wife, not, however, before she had borne him a son. There prevailed a story that his ashes were collected and scattered around the island of Salamis, which Plutarch treats as absurd--though he tells us at the same time that it was believed both by Aristotle and by many other considerable men. keywords: age; ancient; army; athenian; athens; b.c; battle; body; capital; caste; character; chief; children; cities; city; common; confucius; corn; country; croesus; cyrus; daughter; day; days; death; duke; earth; egypt; emperor; empire; enemy; fact; father; field; footnote; force; form; games; general; god; gods; good; government; grecian; greece; greeks; half; hand; heaven; herodotus; history; house; husband; india; king; land; law; laws; left; life; little; man; marathon; master; means; men; modern; money; near; number; order; owner; pay; people; period; persians; place; power; present; property; public; race; return; right; river; roman; rome; sacred; saying; sea; second; set; slave; solon; son; sons; state; temple; thought; throne; time; town; tribes; troops; war; water; way; wife; work; world; years cache: 16352.txt plain text: 16352.txt item: #10 of 21 id: 19893 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 date: None words: 157970 flesch: 63 summary: To her second husband the fair Champernoun bore a son whose fame was destined to be world-wide, and who, in a period more prolific of great men and great events than any before or since, played a gallant part, and was also knighted, as Sir Walter Raleigh, by Queen Bess. Beyond this island there is the mainland, and over against this island falleth into this spacious water the great river called Occam by the inhabitants, on which standeth a town called Pomeiock, and six days' journey from the same is situate their greatest city, called Skicoak, which this people affirm to be very great; but the savages were never at it, only they speak of it by the report of their fathers and other men, whom they have heard affirm it to be above one hour's journey about. keywords: a.d; action; admiral; age; arms; army; battle; body; captain; catholic; cause; champlain; charles; chief; church; city; coast; colony; company; council; country; court; day; days; death; don; drake; duke; earl; elizabeth; end; enemy; england; english; fleet; following; force; france; french; galleys; general; god; good; government; great; half; hamlet; hand; having; head; henry; high; history; hope; house; huguenots; island; james; john; king; knox; league; left; life; little; london; lord; man; mary; means; men; moment; mother; nation; new; night; number; orange; order; people; persons; philip; place; power; present; prince; protestant; purpose; queen; quixote; regent; religion; return; river; scotland; sea; second; set; shakespeare; ships; sir; soldiers; spain; spaniards; spanish; spirit; state; theatre; thought; time; town; troops; vessels; war; way; william; work; world; years cache: 19893.txt plain text: 19893.txt item: #11 of 21 id: 25821 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 date: None words: 156536 flesch: 64 summary: There is also a market for cloth of all kinds of light and pleasing colors, pleasing to the eye, as Venice reds, stamels, some few scarlets for presents, and also to sell to great men, popinjay greens of the brightest dye, cinnamon colors, light dove colors, peach colors, silver colors, light yellows with others like, but no dark or sad colors, for here they are not vendible. Given the living _man_, there will be found _clothes_ for him; he will find himself clothes. keywords: a.d; age; arms; army; assembly; authority; battle; blood; body; captain; catholic; cause; chamber; charles; church; civil; colony; company; council; country; court; cromwell; day; days; death; duke; dutch; end; england; english; fact; force; form; france; free; french; galileo; general; god; good; government; governor; half; hand; harvey; head; henry; history; holland; home; house; hudson; island; james; john; king; law; liberty; life; lord; louis; man; masaniello; mazarin; means; members; men; method; mind; nation; new; new england; nobles; number; order; paris; parliament; party; people; persons; place; policy; power; present; protestant; public; question; religious; richelieu; right; science; second; set; settlement; ship; sir; spain; spirit; state; system; things; thought; time; tobacco; town; trade; troops; truth; viceroy; virginia; wallenstein; war; way; work; world; years cache: 25821.txt plain text: 25821.txt item: #12 of 21 id: 26337 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 date: None words: 158072 flesch: 64 summary: While they were thus anchored at this island there came to them two paraos, and brought them fowls and cocoanuts, and told them they had already seen there other men like them, from which they presumed that these might be Lequios or Mogores, a nation of people who have this name, or Chiis; and thence they set sail, and navigated farther on among many islands, to which they gave the name of Valley without Peril, and also St. Lazarus; and they ran on to another island twenty leagues from that from which they sailed, which is in 10°, and came to anchor at another island, which is named Macangor, which is in 9°; and in this island they were very well received, and they placed a cross in it. He complained of his hard fortune in being opposed, in his declining years, to a rival who was in the full vigor of life; and that, while Henry could take and execute all his resolutions in person, he should now be reduced, both in counsel and in action, to rely on the talents and exertions of other men. keywords: a.d; account; akbar; arms; army; atahualpa; authority; battle; bishops; brother; calvin; captain; cardinal; cartier; catholic; cause; charles; chief; christian; christianity; church; city; clement; council; country; course; court; cromwell; day; days; death; doctrine; earth; emperor; empire; end; enemy; england; english; europe; faith; father; ferdinand; force; france; francis; french; general; germany; god; gold; good; governor; great; gustavus; hand; head; henry; indians; influence; island; italy; john; king; left; life; long; lord; luther; man; march; means; men; mind; new; number; order; papal; peasants; people; place; point; policy; pope; power; princes; protestant; reformation; religion; river; rome; royal; saw; ships; son; spain; spaniards; spanish; spirit; state; thought; time; town; troops; war; way; wolsey; work; world; years cache: 26337.txt plain text: 26337.txt item: #13 of 21 id: 27562 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 date: None words: 158460 flesch: 63 summary: It belonged, therefore, to great men and princes, and among such he knew of no one but himself who was inclined to it. We have an account from an eye-witness of the partition of the slaves brought back by Lançarote, which, as it is the first transaction of the kind on record, is worthy of notice, more especially as it may enable the reader to understand the motives of the Prince and of other men of those times. keywords: a.d; account; afterward; age; ancient; arms; army; authority; battle; bishop; black; body; brandenburg; brother; bruce; cardinals; castle; cause; century; charles; church; city; constance; council; country; crown; day; days; death; duke; earl; edward; election; emperor; empire; enemies; england; english; europe; father; flanders; florence; following; force; france; french; general; germany; god; good; great; ground; half; hand; head; henry; history; holy; house; huss; italy; jeanne; john; king; kingdom; knights; law; left; life; lord; man; means; men; mind; modern; nations; nature; order; orleans; page; paris; party; people; period; philip; place; plague; pope; power; present; prince; purpose; queen; renaissance; return; richard; right; roman; rome; sea; second; set; sigismund; sir; son; spirit; state; swiss; templars; things; thought; throne; time; timur; town; victory; vii; way; words; work; world; wycliffe; years cache: 27562.txt plain text: 27562.txt item: #14 of 21 id: 30186 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 date: None words: 154545 flesch: 62 summary: It would be unjust to the memory of Cumberland to say that in his own peculiar line he had many, if any, superiors; that many men are more worthy of the fame which he won. His election at Saxe-Weimar was undoubtedly owing to his playing before the Duke Wilhelm Ernst, and we can imagine with what pleasure the young musician, conscious of great power, looked forward to the intellectual and cultured life for which Weimar was renowned. keywords: a.d; account; act; advanced; america; army; artillery; attack; austria; bach; battle; body; british; catharine; character; charles; chief; children; city; clive; colonies; common; company; country; course; court; day; days; death; end; enemy; england; english; europe; field; fire; following; force; fort; france; frederick; french; general; genius; george; german; good; government; great; ground; half; hand; having; head; heart; history; house; indians; john; king; law; left; life; like; line; little; man; march; maria; means; men; military; mind; moment; morning; nadir; nature; near; new; number; officers; order; people; period; persia; place; point; pontiac; possession; power; present; prince; public; right; river; russia; second; set; shares; society; soldiers; south; spirit; state; success; theresa; thought; time; town; treaty; troops; victory; voltaire; war; way; wolfe; work; world; years; young cache: 30186.txt plain text: 30186.txt item: #15 of 21 id: 32690 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 date: None words: 150402 flesch: 60 summary: The excesses of the Reign of Terror had caused such a reaction that even in Paris men began to talk of restoring the monarchy, and in 1795 a new tumult began, due in part to the efforts of the Royalists. He shows, by a simple reference to the great paramount interests of each of the different sections, that they are inseparably intertwined in one common bond; that they are mutually dependent on each other; and that they cannot be rent asunder without deeply wounding our prosperity at home, our character and influence abroad, laying the foundation for perpetual broils among ourselves, and creating a necessity for great standing armies, themselves the most fatal enemies to the liberties of mankind. keywords: action; advanced; afterward; american; arms; army; assembly; attack; batteries; battle; body; bonaparte; british; burgoyne; camp; canada; cannon; captain; carolina; colonel; colonies; command; committee; congress; constitution; convention; cotton; country; day; days; dumouriez; effect; enemy; england; english; fire; fleet; following; force; france; french; general; good; government; ground; guns; half; hand; head; house; independence; john; king; left; liberty; life; like; line; lord; machine; man; march; men; military; moment; morning; national; new; north; number; officers; order; paris; people; place; point; position; power; public; retreat; revolution; richard; right; river; robespierre; second; serapis; ships; shot; soldiers; south; states; time; took; town; troops; united; victory; war; washington; way; work; world; wounded; years; york cache: 32690.txt plain text: 32690.txt item: #16 of 21 id: 42224 author: Delphian Society title: The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American Literature date: None words: 179766 flesch: 72 summary: Shouldst thou walk after great men, thou art to proceed with great knowledge. Three centuries witnessed its erection and many kings contributed to its greatness. keywords: age; ages; army; asia; assyrian; b.c; babylonia; battle; body; capital; chapter; children; cities; city; civilization; country; course; day; days; dead; death; desert; earth; east; egypt; egyptian; empire; father; feet; find; fire; food; form; god; gods; gold; good; government; great; greek; ground; hand; head; heart; hebrews; history; home; house; illustration; israel; king; kingdom; land; later; left; life; light; literature; little; lord; man; material; men; mountain; nations; nature; new; nile; north; number; old; people; period; persian; place; power; priests; queen; religion; river; royal; sacred; sea; set; soldiers; son; south; spirit; state; stone; strength; sun; temple; thee; thou; thought; thy; time; today; tombs; trees; tribes; tribute; valley; walls; war; way; west; women; work; world; worship; years cache: 42224.txt plain text: 42224.txt item: #17 of 21 id: 48276 author: Ward, J. H. (Joseph Harvey) title: The Hand of Providence As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, From the Great Apostasy to the Restoration of the Gospel date: None words: 63185 flesch: 68 summary: When God revealed nature's laws, man progressed scientifically: until God revealed religious truth man groped in spiritual darkness. The years which followed the settlement of Plymouth was a time through which good men found it bitter to live. keywords: age; america; battle; british; century; chapter; christian; church; city; colonists; columbus; country; day; days; death; earth; empire; england; english; europe; france; god; good; government; hand; history; human; image; influence; jerusalem; john; king; length; liberty; life; light; luther; mahomet; man; men; modern; nations; new; north; people; place; pope; power; revolution; roman; rome; saracens; sea; society; spain; states; time; truth; war; washington; words; work; world; years cache: 48276.txt plain text: 48276.txt item: #18 of 21 id: 6804 author: Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness) title: General History for Colleges and High Schools date: None words: 231257 flesch: 65 summary: The shores of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica were fringed with colonies; while the coast of North Africa was dotted with such great cities as Utica, Hippo, and Carthage. Beyond the boundaries of the old empire were still other tribes and clans of this same mighty family of nations,--tribes and clans that were destined to play great parts in European history. keywords: a.d; affairs; age; aid; alexander; armies; army; art; asia; assembly; athens; austria; authority; b.c; barbarians; battle; body; capital; centuries; century; chapter; character; charles; chief; christian; church; cities; city; civilization; close; conquest; countries; country; course; crown; cæsar; day; days; death; east; eastern; egypt; emperor; empire; end; england; english; europe; faith; family; following; footnote; form; france; french; general; germany; god; government; great; greece; greek; half; hands; head; henry; history; holy; house; illustration; influence; island; italy; king; kingdom; laws; life; literature; louis; members; napoleon; nation; national; new; nobles; north; northern; number; order; parliament; people; period; persian; philip; place; pope; power; present; prince; provinces; race; reign; religion; republic; revolt; revolution; right; roman; rome; royal; rule; sacred; sea; second; soldiers; son; spain; spanish; state; struggle; system; temple; throne; time; title; tribes; war; wars; way; west; western; work; world; worship; years cache: 6804.txt plain text: 6804.txt item: #19 of 21 id: 754 author: Van Loon, Hendrik Willem title: The Story of Mankind date: None words: 130383 flesch: 72 summary: They had wandered far and wide, and after many years of dreary peregrinations they had been given shelter in Egypt. And as the frontiers were guarded by the Egyptian soldiers it had been impossible for the Jews to escape. After many years of suffering they were saved from their miserable fate by a young Jew, called Moses, who for a long time had dwelt in the desert and there had learned to appreciate the simple virtues of his earliest ancestors, who had kept away from cities and city-life and had refused to let themselves be corrupted by the ease and the luxury of a foreign civilisation. keywords: ages; alexander; ancient; armies; army; art; asia; book; business; centuries; century; charles; children; christian; church; cities; city; civilisation; coast; continent; country; course; day; days; death; east; eastern; egypt; emperor; empire; end; england; english; europe; european; faithful; france; french; general; german; god; good; government; great; greece; greek; half; hands; help; history; holy; home; house; human; italy; king; life; louis; man; men; middle; money; napoleon; new; northern; number; peace; people; poor; pope; power; revolution; right; roman; rome; rule; russia; sea; second; soldiers; son; spain; state; subjects; system; things; time; town; use; war; way; western; work; world; years; young cache: 754.txt plain text: 754.txt item: #20 of 21 id: 8896 author: Fisher, George Park title: Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading date: None words: 325091 flesch: 71 summary: Philip_ had for his allies the Welsh and the Scots, while _Edward_ was supported by the Count of Flanders and by _Adolphus_ of Nassau, king of the Romans. _David Bruce_, whom _Edward_ sought to drive out of Scotland, received aid from France. keywords: a.d; age; ages; alexander; alliance; allies; american; ancient; arms; army; asia; assembly; athens; austria; authority; b.c; battle; body; british; brother; capital; catholic; cause; centuries; century; chapter; character; charles; chief; china; christian; church; cities; city; civil; class; classes; clergy; coast; colonies; command; common; conflict; conquered; conquest; constitution; contest; control; council; countries; country; course; court; crown; daughter; day; days; death; doctrine; dominion; duke; early; east; eastern; edward; effect; egypt; egyptian; emperor; empire; end; england; english; europe; european; events; fall; family; father; feeling; ferdinand; fleet; force; foreign; form; france; frederick; free; french; general; germany; god; gods; government; great; greece; greek; hands; head; help; henry; high; history; home; house; iii; imperial; independence; india; influence; italian; italy; john; king; kingdom; language; law; laws; leader; league; left; length; life; line; literature; little; lord; louis; means; measures; middle; military; monarchy; napoleon; national; nations; nature; near; new; nobles; north; northern; number; office; order; paris; parliament; party; peace; people; period; persian; philip; places; policy; pope; power; present; president; prince; principal; progress; provinces; public; queen; reign; religion; religious; result; revolt; revolution; right; roman; rome; rule; russia; school; science; sea; second; senate; service; set; slaves; society; soldiers; son; south; spain; spanish; spirit; spread; states; struggle; subject; successor; system; territory; thought; throne; time; trade; treaty; tribes; troops; turks; union; united; unity; victory; vols; war; wars; way; west; western; william; work; world; worship; years; young; | +; | | cache: 8896.txt plain text: 8896.txt item: #21 of 21 id: 9929 author: None title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 date: None words: 155173 flesch: 62 summary: It is with regret that I take notice of this tavern: the people were civil, mannerly, and obliging enough, and had till this time kept their house open and their trade going on, though not so very publicly as formerly; but a dreadful set of fellows frequented their house, who, in the midst of all this horror, met there every night, behaved with all the revelling and roaring extravagances as are usual for such people to do at other times, and, indeed, to such an offensive degree that the very master and mistress of the house grew first ashamed and then terrified at them. On the 20th Bradstreet and other leading men met, and formed a kind of provisional council. keywords: a.d; account; act; afterward; arms; army; attack; bank; battle; bodies; body; brandenburg; charles; church; city; colonists; colony; country; course; court; czar; day; days; death; duke; dutch; effect; elector; end; enemy; england; english; europe; fire; fleet; following; footnote; force; fort; france; french; general; good; government; governor; great; hand; head; high; history; holland; house; indians; inhabitants; iroquois; island; james; john; king; left; letter; life; london; lord; louis; man; march; marlborough; means; men; mind; mississippi; near; new; new england; newton; number; orange; order; parliament; party; penn; people; peter; place; power; present; prince; reign; religion; rest; river; royal; russia; set; ships; soldiers; state; thought; throne; time; town; treaty; troops; war; way; william; world; xii; xiv; years; young cache: 9929.txt plain text: 9929.txt