The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography: Embracing a History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Day ...H. Savage, 1837 |
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... Philip overturned the liberties of the other states of Greece . ASSYRIA . SECT . 10. After a chasm of 800 years in the history of the first kingdom of ASSYRIA , we find a few particulars re- specting one or two of its last sovereigns ...
... Philip overturned the liberties of the other states of Greece . ASSYRIA . SECT . 10. After a chasm of 800 years in the history of the first kingdom of ASSYRIA , we find a few particulars re- specting one or two of its last sovereigns ...
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... Philip , who was also a descendant of Caranus . Philip soon gave it celebrity . Previously to the birth of his son Alexander , he had con quered Thessaly , Paonia , and Illyricum . He had also gain ed a victory over the Athenians , at ...
... Philip , who was also a descendant of Caranus . Philip soon gave it celebrity . Previously to the birth of his son Alexander , he had con quered Thessaly , Paonia , and Illyricum . He had also gain ed a victory over the Athenians , at ...
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... Philip being solicited by the Thebans and Thessalians , he commenced hostilities by invading Phocis , the key to Attica . The eloquence of De- mosthenes roused the Athenians to arms . But their struggle was unsuccessful . Philip met ...
... Philip being solicited by the Thebans and Thessalians , he commenced hostilities by invading Phocis , the key to Attica . The eloquence of De- mosthenes roused the Athenians to arms . But their struggle was unsuccessful . Philip met ...
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... Philip , calling a general coun- cil of the states , was appointed commander in chief of the forces of Greece ; but on the eve of attempting the conquest of Persia , he was assassinated by Pausanias , a captain of his guards , from ...
... Philip , calling a general coun- cil of the states , was appointed commander in chief of the forces of Greece ; but on the eve of attempting the conquest of Persia , he was assassinated by Pausanias , a captain of his guards , from ...
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... Philip , in pledge for some money which he had lent that monarch . He there practised the most shocking cruelties . He had invented a machine , in the form of a statue , resembling his wife , the breast , arms , and hands of which were ...
... Philip , in pledge for some money which he had lent that monarch . He there practised the most shocking cruelties . He had invented a machine , in the form of a statue , resembling his wife , the breast , arms , and hands of which were ...
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Página 85 - 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 140 - 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 228 - 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 338 - That the several acts and parts of acts of the congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities, and now having actual operation and effect within the United States, and more especially...
Página 338 - States, and more especially" two acts for the same purposes passed on the 29th of May 1828, and on the 14th of July 1832, "are unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void and no law...
Página 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...
Página 202 - 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.
Página 35 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God.
Página 193 - 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 393 - Engine is generally believed to have been the marquis of Worcester in 1655 ; but his apparatus was intended to raise water by the expansive force of steam only. His project was neglected in his own age, nor does the subject appear to have excited the attention of scientific persons, till the year 1698, when Captain Savary obtained a patent for a new invention for raising water, and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill-work, by the impellent force of fire.