Outlines of Ancient and Modern HistoryBelknap and Hamersley, 1839 |
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... person of great energy and enterprise , as has often been the fact with the wicked ones of the earth . 4. Jubal is spoken of in Scripture as " the father of all such as handle the harp and organ , " as his brother Jabal is mentioned as ...
... person of great energy and enterprise , as has often been the fact with the wicked ones of the earth . 4. Jubal is spoken of in Scripture as " the father of all such as handle the harp and organ , " as his brother Jabal is mentioned as ...
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... person is said to have been extremely beautiful , but her disposition was cruel . Sesostris was the most distinguished of all the Egyptian kings , and almost the only conqueror among them . Historians relate that his father was warned ...
... person is said to have been extremely beautiful , but her disposition was cruel . Sesostris was the most distinguished of all the Egyptian kings , and almost the only conqueror among them . Historians relate that his father was warned ...
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... person in the empire who thought he was unfit for so important a trust . He was often on the point of resign- ing his crown , but his nobles would not consent to it . Tayvre , one of his successors , being once terrified by a prodigy ...
... person in the empire who thought he was unfit for so important a trust . He was often on the point of resign- ing his crown , but his nobles would not consent to it . Tayvre , one of his successors , being once terrified by a prodigy ...
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... person , espe- cially since the reference to scripture is so easy , and the reader who once begins the story of Joseph , can seldom feel disposed to leave it until it be finished . The triumph of innocence , and the suc- cess of piety ...
... person , espe- cially since the reference to scripture is so easy , and the reader who once begins the story of Joseph , can seldom feel disposed to leave it until it be finished . The triumph of innocence , and the suc- cess of piety ...
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... person as Orpheus existed , and that he was a great poet and musician . The period assigned for him is 1284 years B. C. 4. Musæus is supposed to have been a son or disciple of Linus or Orpheus , and to have lived about 1253 years before ...
... person as Orpheus existed , and that he was a great poet and musician . The period assigned for him is 1284 years B. C. 4. Musæus is supposed to have been a son or disciple of Linus or Orpheus , and to have lived about 1253 years before ...
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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan: Embracing Biographical ... Royal Robbins Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1848 |
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Էջ 216 - ... your attendance at this parliament. For 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 15 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Էջ 208 - 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 73 - 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 129 - 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 250 - He scarce had ceas't when the superiour Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the Moon, whose Orb Through Optic Glass the Tuscan Artist views At Ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers or Mountains in her spotty Globe.
Էջ 35 - Now consider how great this man •was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham...
Էջ 192 - Her heroism was exempt from temerity, her frugality from avarice, her friendship from partiality, her active temper from turbulency and a vain ambition : She guarded not herself with equal care or equal success from lesser infirmities; the rivalship of beauty, the desire of admiration, the jealousy of love, and the sallies of anger.
Էջ 183 - 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 189 - 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.