Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of Geography, Population, Politics ... of Ancient and Modern Nations, Հատոր 1Belknap and Hamersley, 1837 |
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... successor , was a very insignificant sove reign ; and the history of his successors , for more than 30 ge . nerations , is unknown . They must have been an indolent and effeminate race . § Ninias , unlike his predecessors , being wholly ...
... successor , was a very insignificant sove reign ; and the history of his successors , for more than 30 ge . nerations , is unknown . They must have been an indolent and effeminate race . § Ninias , unlike his predecessors , being wholly ...
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... successor . Other accounts state Fo - hi to have been the founder of this monarchy , and many writers consider Fo - hi to have been Noah himself . The Chinese pretend a much higher antiquity than is here assigned to them , but their ...
... successor . Other accounts state Fo - hi to have been the founder of this monarchy , and many writers consider Fo - hi to have been Noah himself . The Chinese pretend a much higher antiquity than is here assigned to them , but their ...
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... successors for a long period . In the kingdom of Thin , Venephes is said to have built some pyramids , and to have had his reign distinguished by a great famine , as that also of one of his successors was distinguished by a dreadful ...
... successors for a long period . In the kingdom of Thin , Venephes is said to have built some pyramids , and to have had his reign distinguished by a great famine , as that also of one of his successors was distinguished by a dreadful ...
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... successor of Cecrops was Cranaus . happened the famous deluge of Deucalion , in Thessaly . The third king of Athens was Amphictyon , who founded the cele- brated Amphictyonic council . § The deluge of Deucalion owed much of its ...
... successor of Cecrops was Cranaus . happened the famous deluge of Deucalion , in Thessaly . The third king of Athens was Amphictyon , who founded the cele- brated Amphictyonic council . § The deluge of Deucalion owed much of its ...
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... successor of Sesostris is said to have been Pheron , and some think that Rameses - Tubaete was the king whose dreams Joseph interpreted . Nitocris succeeded her brother , an Ethiopian , who was murdered by the Egyptians , and meditating ...
... successor of Sesostris is said to have been Pheron , and some think that Rameses - Tubaete was the king whose dreams Joseph interpreted . Nitocris succeeded her brother , an Ethiopian , who was murdered by the Egyptians , and meditating ...
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Էջ 203 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Էջ 17 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Էջ 89 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Էջ 145 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Էջ 218 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Էջ 234 - God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Էջ 272 - Mr Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils : so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge.
Էջ 199 - Edward, insensible to pity, struck him on the face with his gauntlet; and the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester, Lord Hastings, and Sir Thomas Gray, taking the blow as a signal for further violence, hurried the Prince into the next apartment and there despatched him with their daggers.
Էջ 356 - From the Provincial Letters of Pascal, which almost every year I have perused with new pleasure, I learned to manage the weapon of grave and temperate irony even on subjects of ecclesiastical solemnity.
Էջ 344 - ... are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State, its officers or citizens; and all promises, contracts and obligations made or entered into, or to be made or entered into with purpose to secure the duties imposed by the said acts, and all judicial proceedings which shall be hereafter had in affirmance thereof, are and shall be held utterly null and void...