A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present Time: Or, Universal History : in which the History of Every Nation, Ancient and Modern, is Separately Given, Volume 1 |
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... Period to the Arrival of Alexander of Macedon , 332 B. C. — Mythological Period - The thirty - one Dynasties Cam- ― CHAP . 286. The French in Egypt - Mehemet Ali - De- struction of the Mamelukes- Egypt at the present Day ,. 598 CHAP ...
... Period to the Arrival of Alexander of Macedon , 332 B. C. — Mythological Period - The thirty - one Dynasties Cam- ― CHAP . 286. The French in Egypt - Mehemet Ali - De- struction of the Mamelukes- Egypt at the present Day ,. 598 CHAP ...
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... period of little more than 500 years since . Ancient Mexican picture . In Mexico , Humboldt discovered an ancient picture , which seemed to represent the Bible story of the Fall through the seductions of the serpent , and the murder of ...
... period of little more than 500 years since . Ancient Mexican picture . In Mexico , Humboldt discovered an ancient picture , which seemed to represent the Bible story of the Fall through the seductions of the serpent , and the murder of ...
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... period when the universe began to exist . We know not , nor can we hope to ascertain , whether the different planets circulating round our sun , and other fixed stars , were all created at one period , or each at a different period . We ...
... period when the universe began to exist . We know not , nor can we hope to ascertain , whether the different planets circulating round our sun , and other fixed stars , were all created at one period , or each at a different period . We ...
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... periods in the annals of states , the eclipses which pre- ceded or accompanied them are transmitted to us by the ... period of the conquest of Spain by the Romans . This was not discontinued till A. D. 1333. The Ma- hometans reckon ...
... periods in the annals of states , the eclipses which pre- ceded or accompanied them are transmitted to us by the ... period of the conquest of Spain by the Romans . This was not discontinued till A. D. 1333. The Ma- hometans reckon ...
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... period earlier than the commence- which existed prior to the formation of the world . ment of written history . Their first notions of the These accounts are interesting and valuable , as sun and moon were , that these luminaries were ...
... period earlier than the commence- which existed prior to the formation of the world . ment of written history . Their first notions of the These accounts are interesting and valuable , as sun and moon were , that these luminaries were ...
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Page 146 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 75 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 155 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan...
Page 146 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Page 169 - Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain, In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of utmost Arnon. Nor content with such Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart Of Solomon he led by fraud to build His temple right against the temple of God On that opprobrious hill, and made his grove The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell.
Page 156 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Page 167 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 34 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 67 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 168 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!