Compendium of Universal History. Modern History. By the author of “A Thousand Questions on the Old and New Testaments.”

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Jarrold & Sons, 1858 - 162 pages
 

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Page 29 - ... (xvi. 9). How well this declaration corresponded with the state of things at Ephesus, and the...
Page 40 - III. attached himself to each party, alternately, — from jealousy of the Duke of Guise, and of his brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine...
Page 29 - Parliament, to attend public worship, on pain of six months' imprisonment, for the first offence, — twelve months for the second, — and, for the third, confinement for life. 696. DENMARK, NORWAY, and SWEDEN, were governed by Christian II., whose cruelties have given him the designation of the
Page 97 - I., (see Sec. 758 ;) but each country had a separate Parliament, and many of their laws were mutually prejudicial. It was now arranged that one Parliament should represent both countries, and, that such modifications should be made, in their existing laws, as to secure a full equality of religious and political rights. The attempt of the M Pretender,
Page 82 - Bengal without payment of duties. An increase of capital, an extended charter, and a successful attempt to keep down a new rival company, marked the next ten years. Factories were established at Bantam in 1602, Sarat in 1612, Madras, in 1639, Bengal in 1652, and Bombay in 1668.
Page 148 - ... only one European, and four or five natives succeeded in reaching Jellalabad, AD 1841.
Page 96 - Souse of Brunswick. This House was connected with the royal family of England, by the marriage of Elizabeth daughter of James I. to the Elector Palatine (see Sec. 736). Their daughter Sophia, married to Ernest Augustus, first Elector of Hanover, was the mother of George I. 824. George I. reigned from AD 1714 to AD 1727 ; and was succeeded by his son, George II., who reigned till AD 1760. The Stuart family had many adherents...
Page 96 - They had been governed by the same monarch since the accession of James L, (see Sec. 758 ;) but each country had a separate Parliament, and many of their laws were mutually prejudicial. It was now arranged that one Parliament should represent both countries, and, that such modifications should be made, in their existing laws, as to secure a full equality of religious and...
Page 31 - Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain.
Page 60 - Elizabeth; and the line of Stuart succeeded to the throne, in the person of James VI. of Scotland, (see Sec.

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