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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Iii, King of England
George III (1760-1815). The first two Hanoverian kings were ignorant of English politics and obliged to rely on their ministers. Moreover, they cared more for Hanover than for England. But George II had English ideas. He was born and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Assyrian War Chariot
The stalwart character and aggressive bearing of the Assyrians were particularly shown in war. The same ferocity which they manifested in the pursuit and destruction of beasts they also exhibited in hunting men. The sculptures show that...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Ball
Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one picture of which we are instructed that the loser was obliged to suffer another to ride on her back. Some of these identical balls have...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Ball Game
Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one picture of which we are instructed that the loser was obliged to suffer another to ride on her back. - Goodrich, 1844
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Ball Game
Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one picture of which we are instructed that the loser was obliged to suffer another to ride on her back. - Goodrich, 1844
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Focus
A fire-place; a hearth; a brazier. The fire-place possessed a sacred character, and was dedicated among the Romans to the Lares of each family. Movable hearths, or braziers, properly called foculi, were frequently used. - Smith, 1873.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Allen G. Thurman
Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, a gentleman held in the highest esteem by both political parties, and a statesman of learning, experience, and lift character, is a native of the state of Virgina. -The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles I
Charles I (1625-1649) was a far abler ruler than his father. He was a man of greater courage and more dignity of character, but he had been trained from infancy in the belief of his divine right to fule, and he chose ministers who...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Geoffrey Chaucer
The writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, who was a contemporary of Wycliffe, show us the character of the English tongue at that time. His Canterbury Tales, and the phraseology of Wycliffe's Bible, remind us of the dialects used by many of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George B. Mc Clellan
George Brinton McClellan was born at Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. He was for two years a student in the University of Virginia, but in 1842 he became a cadet at West Point, where he was the youngest in his class. He made his mark,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Prince Metternich
A German-Austrian politician who was a critical character before and during the Congress of Vienna.