The Travels of Cyrus: To which is Annexed A Discourse Upon the Theology and Mythology of the PagansPratt and Doubleday, 1814 - 404 páginas |
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... reign- ed at Nineveh ; but Arbaces took possession of Media , with all its dependencies , and Belesis of Chaldea , with the neighboring territories . And thus was the an- cient empire of the Assirians divided into three monar- chies ...
... reign- ed at Nineveh ; but Arbaces took possession of Media , with all its dependencies , and Belesis of Chaldea , with the neighboring territories . And thus was the an- cient empire of the Assirians divided into three monar- chies ...
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... reigns of Dejoces and Phraotes . Mandane was thoroughly sensible of all the dangers to which she should expose young Cyrus , by carrying him to a court , the manners of which were so different from those of the Persians ; but the will ...
... reigns of Dejoces and Phraotes . Mandane was thoroughly sensible of all the dangers to which she should expose young Cyrus , by carrying him to a court , the manners of which were so different from those of the Persians ; but the will ...
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... reign , each a year , by turns . This form of government has many inconveniences , but it was preferred before a civil war , the greatest of all calamities . The two brothers applauded the proposal for peace , and Logis ascended the ...
... reign , each a year , by turns . This form of government has many inconveniences , but it was preferred before a civil war , the greatest of all calamities . The two brothers applauded the proposal for peace , and Logis ascended the ...
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... reign of Cyaxares , son of Phraotes , said he , a bloody war was kindled between the Sacæ and the Medes . The troops of Cyaxares were command- ed by his son - in - law Stryangeus , the bravest and most accomplished prince of all the ...
... reign of Cyaxares , son of Phraotes , said he , a bloody war was kindled between the Sacæ and the Medes . The troops of Cyaxares were command- ed by his son - in - law Stryangeus , the bravest and most accomplished prince of all the ...
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... reign , I have strictly observed your laws ; I have appeared at the head of your armies , and have obtained several victories . My only study has been to make you free and happy . Is it just , that she who has been the preserver of your ...
... reign , I have strictly observed your laws ; I have appeared at the head of your armies , and have obtained several victories . My only study has been to make you free and happy . Is it just , that she who has been the preserver of your ...
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Página 318 - Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Página 338 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Página 304 - I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, And make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, And cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Página 305 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it : I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Página 318 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Página 339 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
Página 305 - For Jacob, my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me...
Página 294 - It was this Messiah who conversed with the patriarchs under a human form: it was he who appeared to Moses upon the Holy Mount : it was he who spoke to the prophets under a visible appearance ; and it is he who will at last come in triumph upon the clouds to restore the universe to its primitive splendour and felicity.
Página 336 - He is the universal spirit that pervades and diffuseth itself over all nature. All beings receive their life from Him. There is but one only God, who is not, as some are apt to imagine, seated above the world, beyond the orb of the universe ; but being Himself all in all, He sees all the beings that...
Página 305 - I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron ; and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.