Outlines of Ancient and Modern HistoryBelknap and Hamersley, 1839 |
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... nature ; by delivering the mind from bigotry and prejudice - from narrow and sectional feelings ; by opening to us the springs of human affairs , and the causes of the rise , great- ness , decline , and fall of empires . There is ...
... nature ; by delivering the mind from bigotry and prejudice - from narrow and sectional feelings ; by opening to us the springs of human affairs , and the causes of the rise , great- ness , decline , and fall of empires . There is ...
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... nature , and by legendary tradition SECTION 1. All human records agree that men and em- pires first appeared in the East . There , those demigods and heroes , who are the subjects of heathen fable , are repre- sented as having lived and ...
... nature , and by legendary tradition SECTION 1. All human records agree that men and em- pires first appeared in the East . There , those demigods and heroes , who are the subjects of heathen fable , are repre- sented as having lived and ...
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... nature . Other philosophers adhered to the mathematical system of squares and triangles ; the cube , the pyramid , and the sphere , & c . While others maintained the great elementary theory , which refers the construction of our globe ...
... nature . Other philosophers adhered to the mathematical system of squares and triangles ; the cube , the pyramid , and the sphere , & c . While others maintained the great elementary theory , which refers the construction of our globe ...
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... nature , were considerable , in that rude and early age , on the minds of untutored barbarians . By the power of his music , as fiction reports , he regained his wife , Eurydice , from the infernal regions , but lost her again in con ...
... nature , were considerable , in that rude and early age , on the minds of untutored barbarians . By the power of his music , as fiction reports , he regained his wife , Eurydice , from the infernal regions , but lost her again in con ...
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... nature of these games will be described under the " Gene- ral Views , " at the close of this work . MACEDON . SECT . 9. MACEDON , a kingdom in Greece , and sometimes considered distinct from it in its history , was founded by Ca- ranus ...
... nature of these games will be described under the " Gene- ral Views , " at the close of this work . MACEDON . SECT . 9. MACEDON , a kingdom in Greece , and sometimes considered distinct from it in its history , was founded by Ca- ranus ...
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afterwards ancient arms army arts Assyria Athens battle became began Belisarius brother Cæsar caliphs called Carthage cause celebrated century character Charlemagne Charles Christian command commenced conquered conqueror conquest Constantinople crown crusade death defeated died distinguished dominions duke dynasty early Egypt emperor empire enemy engaged England English Europe event father favour France French Gaul genius Germany Greece Greeks Henry Heruli honour houses of York inhabitants invaded Italy Jerusalem Jews Julius Cæsar king kingdom land latter learning length Louis Lycurgus Mahomet manner ment military monarch murder nations native obliged occasion Odoacer peace period Persians person Philip philosopher poet Pompey Pope possessed prince principal prisoner provinces queen reign religion respect Ricimer Roman Rome Saracens senate soldiers soon sovereign Spain Sparta spirit subdued subjects succeeded success successor surnamed Syria temple throne tion took Trajan tribes Vespasian victory
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 15 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.