. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. gton, but this administration proved incom-petent, and Mr. Pitt, in 1804, again came into control. He died, however, in1806, and the Grenville pa
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. gton, but this administration proved incom-petent, and Mr. Pitt, in 1804, again came into control. He died, however, in1806, and the Grenville party entered office. In 1807, Lord Grenville and hiscolleagues joined in an attempt to change the Kings opinion regarding Catho-lic Emancipation, but it was labor thrown away, and the Perceval administra«tion succeeded them. During this period occurred Englands long and glorious struggle againstNapoleon. The war began as early as 1793, the new and amazingly vigorousFrench Republic having included England in the number of her foes in thatdefiant declaration of war against all Europe. The early land operationsbrought England no honor, but she at once established her superiority at French ships were defeated and driven out of the English fleets controlled the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Spain and Hoiland, the great sea powers, allied themselves with France. England crushedthem both in two famous naval battles in England—War with Napoleon 1109 The Spaniards were defeated off Cape St. Vincent in the Atlantic. It wasthis battle that first centred attention on Englands greatest naval hero, had already risen to the rank of commodore, and, although not nominallyin command, he bore the brunt of the fighting at St. Vincent. He led his menon board a huge Spanish ship with the cry, Victory or Westminster Abbey! meaning that if he failed he would, by a glorious death, earn a burial place inthe great abbey where England shrines her heroic dead. T
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