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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... throne . Otho ex- pected to be adopted by Galba for his successor ; but the emperor , discarding all favouritism , sought the good of the empire by nominating the virtuous Piso . Otho consequent- ly had recourse to arms , and thus ...
... throne . Otho ex- pected to be adopted by Galba for his successor ; but the emperor , discarding all favouritism , sought the good of the empire by nominating the virtuous Piso . Otho consequent- ly had recourse to arms , and thus ...
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... throne , his character was thought not to be unexceptionable ; but whatever vices he had indulged in , he seems to have abandoned upon that event . It is related as an in- stance of the government of his passions , that he relinquished ...
... throne , his character was thought not to be unexceptionable ; but whatever vices he had indulged in , he seems to have abandoned upon that event . It is related as an in- stance of the government of his passions , that he relinquished ...
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... throne , 180 A. C. He had nothing but the merits of his father to commend him to the Roman people . He inherited the disposition of his infamous mother , Faustina , rather than of Aurelius . The change from the reign of the father to ...
... throne , 180 A. C. He had nothing but the merits of his father to commend him to the Roman people . He inherited the disposition of his infamous mother , Faustina , rather than of Aurelius . The change from the reign of the father to ...
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... throne , 211 A. C. Their association in the empire created a mutual enmity , and indeed they were very unlike in native character . Caracalla was fierce and cruel to an extreme degree . Geta was mild and merciful . The former resolv ...
... throne , 211 A. C. Their association in the empire created a mutual enmity , and indeed they were very unlike in native character . Caracalla was fierce and cruel to an extreme degree . Geta was mild and merciful . The former resolv ...
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... throne , he had all the premature wisdom of age . His judgment was solid , and his talents were various . He was an excellent mathematician , geometri- cian , and musician . His taste in painting , sculpture and poetry was admirable ...
... throne , he had all the premature wisdom of age . His judgment was solid , and his talents were various . He was an excellent mathematician , geometri- cian , and musician . His taste in painting , sculpture and poetry was admirable ...
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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.