But her attention soon became diverted. She was not, as Gunning thought, insincere, only fickle; she wanted patience and continuity of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 3
Such was the tragedy of Peter III. He dies, as Catherine said, unpitied: a fool, echo her friends, who perished in his folly.Continuing Reign of
Reign of Catherine the Great – 2
After Voltaire and Madame de Sévigné, came Montesquieu, Baronius, Tacitus, Bayle, Brantôme, and the early volumes of the Encyclopædia.Continuing
Reign of Catherine the Great
This series has six easy 5 minute installments.Introduction"No sovereign since Ivan the Terrible," says Rambaud, "extended the frontiers of the
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea – 5
Today's installment concludes Maccabaeus Liberates Judea,our selection by Josephus.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea – 4
When, therefore, the generals of Antiochus' armies had been beaten so often, Judas assembled the people together.Continuing Maccabaeus Liberates
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea –3
There came also to them auxiliaries out of Syria and the country round about, as also many of the renegade Jews;Continuing Maccabaeus Liberates
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea – 2
When Mattathias had thus discoursed to his sons and had prayed to God to be their assistant and to recover to the people their former
Maccabaeus Liberates Judea
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe noble-minded Judas Maccabaeus was the hero of Jewish independence -- the