... outbreak ofthe Great
War was to them a complete surprise, as it was also to the greater part ofthe representatives of
the people in the government ofthe United States and in the government ofthe ... Australia, Union of South Africa and New Zealand, who between
them have only 13% — almost the total white population of 68,000,000 oftheEmpire — ofthe people ofthe
British Empire, from the utterly ... deprecated the diplomatic action
of the other Powers in the affairs ofthe Ottoman Empire. " Russia then asked what was the drift of
England's policy; what were her ideas in the matter?...
... murdered."
Around them, the Tavern of St Theodore and ofthe Crocodile was
empty of patrons. Its buttressed timbers, and the smell of damp wood
that underlay the smell of spilled wine, reminded Speroni ofthe ... perhaps.
The scrabbling of their claws kept him awake at night as they ran across
the floor, scuttled behind the walls and scrabbled between the joists of
the ceiling. Rats were the bane of Venice. ... sword as he did so. The rest of
the youths rushed forward to help.
Galileo took advantage ofthe distraction to take a couple of steps
backwards, out ofthe nominal circle ofthe fight. Time to...
... food stocks, and the mood ofthe garrison. The tactics
of the Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper
dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... than the question of a possible dissolution is the
prospect ofthe early relief of Mafeking. The nerves ofthe public, which now
takes the war so quietly – possibly, indeed, in the opinion of superficial
observers ... notions of Boer inhumanity toward
Africans, the pro-war argument ofthe ‘‘negrophilists.’’ The other cat-
egory into which mentions of Africans fall is praise ofthe loyalty of the
Cape Boys and the...
... realm ofthe dead — as spec-
tators. They looked on as the souls ofthe dead were being judged and
they witnessed the torment of those who failed to pass the tests of
Ma’at. A man dressed in the ... into the streets
and onto a ferryboat. This boat took them across the Nile into the City
of the Dead, in the western desert region. With words of power,
chanted by the wise son, they entered the ... as goddesses of childbirth, helping the mother to safely
deliver the child. If the family was not wealthy enough to afford one,
the expectant mother gave birth on the roof ofthe house; a modest...
... ofthe old Memphite kings. These facts, ofthe situation of Itht-taui, of their burial in the
southern an ex ofthe old necropolis of Memphis, and ofthe fori of their tombs (the true Upper Egyptian ... and the
mountains on the west bank ofthe Nile opposite Luxor. Many of these are ofthe same type as those found on
the surface ofthe mountain plateau which lies at the head ofthe great wadi of ... the
Fruit-house," the "Tell ofthe Tablets," and the "Great Tell," and, rising as they do in the centre ofthe site,
they mark the position ofthe temples and the other principal...
... swamp.
The completion ofthe last portion ofthe causeway cost the Egyptians heavily, for while they were exposed to
the arrows ofthe Rebu archers these were now beyond the range ofthe Egyptians ... among the special favorites ofthe king. Many ofthe girls were assigned to the queen and
royal princesses, others to the wives ofthe priests and generals who formed the council ofthe king. The ... either to the Exodus or to any ofthe events
which preceded it among the records of Egypt, there is nothing to fix the date as occurring during the reign of
any one among the long line of Egyptian...
... the
advantage of erecting the standard ofthe cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing
the Arian heresy, and of abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world. Theodosius ... Egypt; and the
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visions, which attested the presence, or at least the protection, ofthe Mother of God. ^32 The pulpit of the
Anastasia was the scene ofthe labors and triumphs of Gregory ... over the soul and body ofthe guilty. The decrees of the
council of Constantinople had ascertained the true standard ofthe faith; and the ecclesiastics, who governed
the conscience of Theodosius,...
... heads ofthe emperor and empress ofthe East. But the usual honors which the severity of
Roman manners had allowed to the wives of princes, could not satisfy either the ambition of Theodora or the
fondness ... deprived of his powers and his honors. He lost the
superintendence ofthe supply and manufacture of arms; the uncontrolled charge ofthe public posts; the
levying ofthe troops; the command ofthe ... as the last male offspring ofthe line of Amali, by
the short-lived marriage of his mother Amalasuntha with a royal fugitive ofthe same blood. ^105 In the
presence ofthe dying monarch, the...
... tempted
by the disorders of Italy, the nakedness of Rome, and the unwarlike profession of her new chief. On the first
edicts ofthe emperor, they declared themselves the champions ofthe holy images: ... 379-382.) Of these the Franciscan Pagi is the most disposed to make the
patrician a lieutenant ofthe church, rather than ofthe empire. ]
[Footnote 59: The papal advocates can soften the symbolic ... the exhortation of Gregory
himself, in separating the personal guilt of Leo from the general cause ofthe Roman empire. ^49 The Greeks
were less mindful ofthe service, than the Lombards of the...
... interdict the churches ofthe Roman rite. ^13 The two wives of
Manuel Comnenus ^14 were ofthe race ofthe Franks: the first, a sister-in-law ofthe emperor Conrad; the
second, a daughter ofthe prince ... pursuit, the event of which was in the hands of the
Almighty. Their first offence, the attack of Zara, had been severely punished by the reproach of their
conscience and the censures ofthe pope; ... scandal in the West.] The honor ofthe monarchy and the safety of
the capital were deeply wounded by the revolt ofthe Bulgarians and Walachians. Since the victory of the
second Basil, they had...
... point. The first portion consists ofthe conclusion ofthe text of Fernao Nuniz; the second ofthe covering
letter written by the person who sent the originals to Europe; the third ofthe beginning ... either side of
the road, leading thence to the capital. The fourth line of wall, with a strong gateway, is to be seen on the
south ofthe present village of Malpanagudi, where several remains of ... audience. The ambassador then laid before the
king all the arguments in favour ofthe Bijapur plan.
"He represented to him that during the times ofthe Bhamenee princes, when the whole strength of...
... Maker ofthe gods ofthe south and ofthe north, ofthe west and ofthe
east! Come ye and acclaim Rā, the Lord of heaven, the Prince—life, health, strength
be to him! the Creator ofthe gods, ... Isis 74
The Legend of Horus of Behutet 77
The Legend of Khnemu and the Seven Years' Famine 83
The Legend ofthe Wanderings of Isis 87
The Legend ofthe Princess of Bekhten ... made
their paper from it by cutting the inner part ofthe stem into thin strips, the width of
which depended upon the thickness ofthe stem; the length of these varied, of course,
with the length...
... from the borders of Berar to the banks ofthe Ganges. On
one side they were checked by the Nizam and Haidar, on the other by Shujaa-ud-daula, the young ruler of
Audh. Between these limits they ... up
from the English merchants of Calcutta at fabulous prices; not fighting over again the battle of Lakhairi, but
rather discussing the relative merits ofthe slopes ofthe Alps and the cliffs ofthe ... administrators of
the three Subahs, with the further grant ofthe Benares and Ghazipur sarkars as fiefs ofthe Empire. The
remainder ofthe Subah of Allahabad was secured to the Emperor with a pecuniary...