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, المجلد 1Belknap and Hamersley, 1837 |
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... favour . The murder of Abel occarred , it is generally supposed , but a short time before the birth of Seth , or about 130 years after the cre- ation . As Adam and Eve , in the mean time , must have had other children , the human family ...
... favour . The murder of Abel occarred , it is generally supposed , but a short time before the birth of Seth , or about 130 years after the cre- ation . As Adam and Eve , in the mean time , must have had other children , the human family ...
الصفحة 40
... favour of his countrymen , at the expense of his own life . A dispute for the succession arose between two of his sons , and be- fore they could accommodate their difference , the Athenians abolish- ed royalty altogether , but placed ...
... favour of his countrymen , at the expense of his own life . A dispute for the succession arose between two of his sons , and be- fore they could accommodate their difference , the Athenians abolish- ed royalty altogether , but placed ...
الصفحة 41
... favoured the cause of Troy . At length the siege of that capital began , and the most heroic deeds were performed on both sides . At this juncture , the camp of the Greeks was visited by a pes- tilence , and a quarrel ensued between ...
... favoured the cause of Troy . At length the siege of that capital began , and the most heroic deeds were performed on both sides . At this juncture , the camp of the Greeks was visited by a pes- tilence , and a quarrel ensued between ...
الصفحة 46
... husband ; but he bitterly repented of them , and was restored to the divine favour . He died , 1015 years B. C. , after a reign of 40 years . PERIOD V. The Period of Homer , extending from the 46 ANCIENT HISTORY - PERIOD IV .
... husband ; but he bitterly repented of them , and was restored to the divine favour . He died , 1015 years B. C. , after a reign of 40 years . PERIOD V. The Period of Homer , extending from the 46 ANCIENT HISTORY - PERIOD IV .
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... favoured her real design , set sail for Cyprus , whence they carried off a great number of young women , and then steered their course to Africa . The Tyrian monarch , thus defeated in his schemes , was about to send a fleet after the ...
... favoured her real design , set sail for Cyprus , whence they carried off a great number of young women , and then steered their course to Africa . The Tyrian monarch , thus defeated in his schemes , was about to send a fleet after the ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 17 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...