Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of the Geography, Population, Politics ... of Ancient and Modern NationsBelknap and Hamersley, 1844 |
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... became exceedingly oppressive . Of a fortune of £ 18,000,000 sterling left by Tiberius , none remained in a space little beyond one year . He of course put in practice all kinds of rapine and extortion . Professor Heeren remarks , that ...
... became exceedingly oppressive . Of a fortune of £ 18,000,000 sterling left by Tiberius , none remained in a space little beyond one year . He of course put in practice all kinds of rapine and extortion . Professor Heeren remarks , that ...
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... , to be embodied in the present volume . JUDEA . 44. JUDEA , already under the sway of Rome , became a province of the empire 6 A. C. upon the banishment of Ar- २ chelaus , eldest son of Herod the Great . 4 * JUDEA . 41.
... , to be embodied in the present volume . JUDEA . 44. JUDEA , already under the sway of Rome , became a province of the empire 6 A. C. upon the banishment of Ar- २ chelaus , eldest son of Herod the Great . 4 * JUDEA . 41.
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... became apprehensive of new wars and commotions . After finding out the place of his nativity , ( viz . Bethlehem , ) Herod determined on his death , by destroying all the children of that place and of its vicinity , " from two years old ...
... became apprehensive of new wars and commotions . After finding out the place of his nativity , ( viz . Bethlehem , ) Herod determined on his death , by destroying all the children of that place and of its vicinity , " from two years old ...
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... became early distinguished for uncommon abilities , and acquired at the bar , the reputation of an eloquent pleader ; but he relinquished this road to fame , and became a candidate for public employments . He obtained the office of ...
... became early distinguished for uncommon abilities , and acquired at the bar , the reputation of an eloquent pleader ; but he relinquished this road to fame , and became a candidate for public employments . He obtained the office of ...
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... became the religion of the state , and that great change in the Roman govern- ment took place , which , from a persecuting , made it a protect- ing power . For the influence which Christianity exerted over the public conduct of this ...
... became the religion of the state , and that great change in the Roman govern- ment took place , which , from a persecuting , made it a protect- ing power . For the influence which Christianity exerted over the public conduct of this ...
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Էջ 201 - 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 232 - 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 87 - 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 342 - That the several acts and parts of acts of the congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities, and now having actual operation and effect within the United States, and more especially...
Էջ 25 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Էջ 266 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Էջ 203 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
Էջ 342 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Էջ 197 - 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 35 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God.