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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... sovereign has no law but his own will , and can dispose , at pleasure , of the lives , persons , and property of his subjects , the government is a despo- tism ; if the sovereign unites all powers in himself , but is bound by the ...
... sovereign has no law but his own will , and can dispose , at pleasure , of the lives , persons , and property of his subjects , the government is a despo- tism ; if the sovereign unites all powers in himself , but is bound by the ...
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... Sovereign . . 10,520 The governments of Asia are despotic . Among 10,880 the pastoral and wandering races , a patriarchal gov- ernment , resembling that of the father of a family , 14,000 prevails . With the predatory tribes , the ...
... Sovereign . . 10,520 The governments of Asia are despotic . Among 10,880 the pastoral and wandering races , a patriarchal gov- ernment , resembling that of the father of a family , 14,000 prevails . With the predatory tribes , the ...
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... sovereign , and qualified , not merely to sustain EXCEPT a very general sketch of the foundation of his position , but to extend his dominions by conquest . the Assyrian empire , the Bible furnishes us nothing It seems that Menahem ...
... sovereign , and qualified , not merely to sustain EXCEPT a very general sketch of the foundation of his position , but to extend his dominions by conquest . the Assyrian empire , the Bible furnishes us nothing It seems that Menahem ...
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... sovereign of Israel ; and this kingdom , which lon to acknowledge his supremacy . He conquered had existed distinct from Judah for 250 years , was Syria , and reduced Judah , whose king , Manasseh , he thus finally terminated . The ...
... sovereign of Israel ; and this kingdom , which lon to acknowledge his supremacy . He conquered had existed distinct from Judah for 250 years , was Syria , and reduced Judah , whose king , Manasseh , he thus finally terminated . The ...
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... sovereign , or tributary to Arbaces as chief ruler of the several portions of the dismembered As- syrian empire , is matter of doubt . After the lapse of more than a century we find Nabonassar upon the throne . During his reign , an ...
... sovereign , or tributary to Arbaces as chief ruler of the several portions of the dismembered As- syrian empire , is matter of doubt . After the lapse of more than a century we find Nabonassar upon the throne . During his reign , an ...
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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!