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... Remarkable Men . Illustrated by One Hundred Characteristic Portraits . 12mo , 3s . 6d . cloth . BOOK OF NATURE : Comprehending an Introduction to the Sciences of Physics , Astronomy , Chemistry , Mineralogy , Geology , Botany ...
... Remarkable Men . Illustrated by One Hundred Characteristic Portraits . 12mo , 3s . 6d . cloth . BOOK OF NATURE : Comprehending an Introduction to the Sciences of Physics , Astronomy , Chemistry , Mineralogy , Geology , Botany ...
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... 94 · • 94 • 94 Livy , equal , if not superior , to Herodotus ; his style agreeable and clear , and eloquence remarkable 94 His genius always on a level with his subject 95 Particular Historians ( Roman ) continued : - Tacitus ,
... 94 · • 94 • 94 Livy , equal , if not superior , to Herodotus ; his style agreeable and clear , and eloquence remarkable 94 His genius always on a level with his subject 95 Particular Historians ( Roman ) continued : - Tacitus ,
الصفحة viii
... of places Chronology , as a science ancillary to History , unknown to early writers Remarkable discrepancies in chronology . • 110 • 110 112 , 113 110 111 Geography , its connection with History Page 111 • 111 viii SYNOPSIS .
... of places Chronology , as a science ancillary to History , unknown to early writers Remarkable discrepancies in chronology . • 110 • 110 112 , 113 110 111 Geography , its connection with History Page 111 • 111 viii SYNOPSIS .
الصفحة ix
... remarkable places mentioned in Scripture but slightly indicated by it Rectification of geographical errors of classical writers due to astronomy 112 Chronology and Geography , causes of error in • • 113 , 114 Vary widely in the ...
... remarkable places mentioned in Scripture but slightly indicated by it Rectification of geographical errors of classical writers due to astronomy 112 Chronology and Geography , causes of error in • • 113 , 114 Vary widely in the ...
الصفحة xiii
... remarkable of the Eastern , and the Osmanlis of the Western , branches of the Tartars 270,271 SARMATIANS , the , their origin and locality • 272 HUNS , the , have given name to Hungary 273 History of Huns uncertain before the time when ...
... remarkable of the Eastern , and the Osmanlis of the Western , branches of the Tartars 270,271 SARMATIANS , the , their origin and locality • 272 HUNS , the , have given name to Hungary 273 History of Huns uncertain before the time when ...
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الصفحة 154 - With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
الصفحة 294 - Nineveh, also, is represented as being very great ; it contained more than six score thousand persons that could "not discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle,
الصفحة 167 - And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
الصفحة 44 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
الصفحة 168 - they are without excuse ; because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God," " but changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like unto corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things...
الصفحة 153 - And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
الصفحة 120 - Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus : ac venti, velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant...
الصفحة 78 - His worth may bear a tale or two, that may put upon him somewhat that may seem divine. When the Lady Margaret his mother had divers great suitors for marriage, she dreamed one night that one in the likeness of a bishop in pontifical habit did tender her Edmund, Earl of Richmond (the King's father), for her husband. Neither had she ever any child but the King, though she had three husbands. One day when King Henry the Sixth (whose innocency gave him holiness) was washing his hands at a great feast,...
الصفحة 153 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
الصفحة 309 - haec nemora indigenae Fauni Nymphaeque tenebant gensque virum truncis et duro robore nata, 315 quis neque mos neque cultus erat, nec iungere tauros aut componere opes norant aut parcere parto, sed rami atque asper victu venatus alebat.