"Which will you choose," demanded the priest of a dying woman, "Heaven or Hell?" "Hell, if my children are there, as you say," returned the
Mongols Prepares to Invade Japan
The King of Korea meanwhile personally paid a visit to Peking, and gave the assurance that he was raising 30,000 extra soldiers to serve in the Japan
Final Defeat of Denmark
In the capital, when he made his public entry, one-half of the houses were empty, and of population scarcely a fourth part remained.Today's
Diet of Vadstena Recognizes Gustavus
On August 24th, therefore, they swore fealty and obedience to him as administrator of the kingdom.Continuing Sweden Liberated,our selection from
Siege of Stockholm Begins
Thus began, at the midsummer of 1521, the siege of Stockholm, which was to last full two years.Continuing Sweden Liberated,our selection from
Sweden Revolt Spreads
Gustavus broke from his quarters, and marched across the Long Wood into Westmanland.Continuing Sweden Liberated,our selection from History of the
Jesuits Struggle to Fit in With Hurons
Hurons sympathize with Christianity but few are baptized.Previously in The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century.Our special
Plassey’s Aftermath
On the evening after the battle, Clive's force halted at Daudpur, six miles beyond Plassey.Today's installment concludes Clive Establishes British
Clive’s Report on Battle of Plassy
Such is the account which Clive gave of the battle in a journal written by him very shortly after, if not on the day after, it was foughtContinuing