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, Volumen 1Belknap and Hamersley, 1837 |
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... prince . The details of this war are derived from Homer ; but he is reasonably supposed to have related facts , for the most part . Troy , the capital of Phrygia Minor , was founded 1546 years B. C. by Scamander , who led thither a ...
... prince . The details of this war are derived from Homer ; but he is reasonably supposed to have related facts , for the most part . Troy , the capital of Phrygia Minor , was founded 1546 years B. C. by Scamander , who led thither a ...
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... prince , in Italy . Encas married Lavinia , the daughter of Latinus , and succeeded him in the Sovereignty . After Æneas there was a succession of kings to the time of Numitor , the grandfather of Romulus and Remus , the founders of ...
... prince , in Italy . Encas married Lavinia , the daughter of Latinus , and succeeded him in the Sovereignty . After Æneas there was a succession of kings to the time of Numitor , the grandfather of Romulus and Remus , the founders of ...
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... prince , and raised himself and people to great eminence and renown . His name began to be known and celebrated , from the time that he slew Goliath , the giant . His military operations were planned with wisdom , and executed with ...
... prince , and raised himself and people to great eminence and renown . His name began to be known and celebrated , from the time that he slew Goliath , the giant . His military operations were planned with wisdom , and executed with ...
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... prince exceeded in wisdom all who went before him ; but , in his old age , he took many wives and concubints out of the idolatrous nations around him , who corrupted his heart . The Lord therefore declared , by the prophet Abijali ...
... prince exceeded in wisdom all who went before him ; but , in his old age , he took many wives and concubints out of the idolatrous nations around him , who corrupted his heart . The Lord therefore declared , by the prophet Abijali ...
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... prince , fought and overcame the Ammonites , and rendered them tributary . GREECE . 5. GREECE , at the commencement of the present period , was in an unsettled state . By the emigration of many of Its inhabitants , colonies had been ...
... prince , fought and overcame the Ammonites , and rendered them tributary . GREECE . 5. GREECE , at the commencement of the present period , was in an unsettled state . By the emigration of many of Its inhabitants , colonies had been ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 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.
Página 17 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...