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Examples
- In a little while we hear stories of an Omayyad Caliph, Walid II (743-744), who mocked at the Koran, ate pork, drank wine, and did not pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have said that Innocent III never seemed to realize that his ward, Frederick II, was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On either side are represented as hanging small pictures of Tycho's patron, Frederick II of Denmark (d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Louis XIV set up an academy of sciences in rivalry with the English Royal Society of Charles II and the similar association at Florence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra (Act II, Scene 5), makes the latter say, Let us to billiards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have already observd [Part II, Sect. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This William II meant to make a noise in the world, a louder noise than any other monarch had ever made. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So he looked about for some other position that would give him greater leisure, and finally stated his wishes to Cosimo II, Duke of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Pope did not want Frederick II, or any German emperor at all in Italy, because he himself wished to rule Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of this Frederick II we shall tell more in a later section, because he was very typical of certain new forces that were coming into European affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already noted the name of Sennacherib, the son of Sargon II, among the monarchs of the Assyrian Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Already in the thirteenth century we have seen Pope Gregory IX and the Emperor Frederick II engaging in a violent public controversy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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