Outlines of Universal History |
Contents
| 16 | |
| 33 | |
| 73 | |
| 78 | |
| 93 | |
| 111 | |
| 124 | |
| 138 | |
| 158 | |
| 168 | |
| 175 | |
| 180 | |
| 198 | |
| 204 | |
| 217 | |
| 223 | |
| 224 | |
| 232 | |
| 234 | |
| 240 | |
| 240 | |
| 248 | |
| 260 | |
| 269 | |
| 272 | |
| 289 | |
| 301 | |
| 311 | |
| 329 | |
| 331 | |
| 435 | |
| 441 | |
| 450 | |
| 463 | |
| 470 | |
| 490 | |
| 497 | |
| 508 | |
| 515 | |
| 523 | |
| 528 | |
| 530 | |
| 536 | |
| 543 | |
| 549 | |
| 566 | |
| 575 | |
| 584 | |
| 601 | |
| 618 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allies ancient Aragon army Asia Austria authority battle Bavaria became bishops brother Burgundy caliphate called captured castle Catholic century Charlemagne Charles Christian Church cities civil clergy colonies conflict conquered conquest contest crown Crusades Danube daughter death defeated died doctrine dominion duchy Duke Duke of Orleans Duke of Swabia East ecclesiastical Edward Egypt Elector emperor empire England English Europe Ferdinand feudal fiefs force France Frederick French Gaul German Greek Henry Henry IV History Huguenots imperial Italian Italy John king kingdom land leader League Lord Louis Milan military Naples Napoleon nations Navarre nobles Norman North Paris Parliament party peace period Persian Philip Poland political Pope princes Protestant provinces Reformation reign religion religious revolt Roman Rome rulers Russia Saracens Saxons Sicily South Spain Spanish spirit successor suzerain Sweden territory thousand throne tion took treaty tribes troops Turks Venice victory vols William
Popular passages
Page 433 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too...
Page 101 - ... thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts ; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment.
Page 101 - It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized ; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit.
Page 101 - The great impediment to action is, in our opinion, not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action. For we have a peculiar power of thinking before we act and of acting too, whereas other men are courageous from ignorance but hesitate upon reflection.
Page 101 - For we are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. Wealth we employ, not for talk and ostentation, but when there is a real use for it. To avow poverty with us is no disgrace : the true disgrace is in doing nothing to avoid it. An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household ; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics.
Page 178 - Christians : next, on their information, a vast multitude were convicted, not so much on the charge of burning the city, as of hating the human race. And in their deaths they were also made the subjects of sport, for they were covered with the hides of wild beasts, and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses, or set fire to, and when day declined, burned to serve for nocturnal lights.
Page 101 - To sum up : I say that Athens is the school of Hellas, and that the individual Athenian in his own person seems to have the power of adapting himself to the most varied forms of action with the most versatility and grace.
Page 101 - ... Athens is the school of Hellas, and that the individual Athenian in his own person seems to have the power of adapting himself to the most varied forms of action with the utmost versatility and grace. This is no passing and idle word, but truth and fact ; and the assertion is verified by the position to which these qualities have raised the state. For in the hour of trial Athens alone among her contemporaries is superior to the report of her.
Page 101 - An Athenian citizen does not neglect the State because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We alone regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs, not as a harmless but as a useless character; and if few of us are originators, we are all sound judges, of a policy.
Page 7 - These are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he publishes in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the Greeks and the barbarians from losing their due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds of feud.