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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... whole narra- tive has a romantic and fictitious coloring , which leaves the most sagacious reader in doubt what to totally distinct in style and plan . His history differs HERODOTUS was followed by Thucydides , a writer believe and what ...
... whole narra- tive has a romantic and fictitious coloring , which leaves the most sagacious reader in doubt what to totally distinct in style and plan . His history differs HERODOTUS was followed by Thucydides , a writer believe and what ...
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... whole range of history . The overthrow of the mightiest empire that the world ever saw ; the decay and ruin of ancient civilization ; the birth and organization of the social institutions of modern Europe ; all these various elements ...
... whole range of history . The overthrow of the mightiest empire that the world ever saw ; the decay and ruin of ancient civilization ; the birth and organization of the social institutions of modern Europe ; all these various elements ...
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... whole ing the phenomena of nature , and considering the and comprehend as well its particular general laws by which they are regulated , we canno s general aspects , even before he is draw any conclusive or even plausible inference as ...
... whole ing the phenomena of nature , and considering the and comprehend as well its particular general laws by which they are regulated , we canno s general aspects , even before he is draw any conclusive or even plausible inference as ...
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... whole expanse of the heavens must each , it may be computed , by the theory of probabil- exhibit about 100,000,000 of fixed stars , within the ities , that the whole number ranging within the reach of telescopic vision . These stars are ...
... whole expanse of the heavens must each , it may be computed , by the theory of probabil- exhibit about 100,000,000 of fixed stars , within the ities , that the whole number ranging within the reach of telescopic vision . These stars are ...
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... whole earth ; that , ever since the first appearance of islands in the universal ocean , the waters have been gradually decreasing ; in proof of which he instanced the forma- tion of the Delta of Egypt , at the mouth of the Nile , and ...
... whole earth ; that , ever since the first appearance of islands in the universal ocean , the waters have been gradually decreasing ; in proof of which he instanced the forma- tion of the Delta of Egypt , at the mouth of the Nile , and ...
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afterwards Alexander ancient Antiochus appears Arabia Arabs Armenia arms army Asia Minor Assyrian Babylon battle became Bithynia called capital celebrated century CHAPTER character chief China Chinese Christian civil command conquered conqueror conquest court Cyrus Damascus Darius death defeated desert divine dominion dynasty earth east eastern Egypt Egyptian emperor empire enemy Euphrates Europe father fell Greek Hebrew Herodotus historian horse hundred inhabitants invaded island Israelites Jerusalem Jews khalif Khan king kingdom land lived Mahomet Mahometan Manchoos marched Medes miles Mithridates monarch Mongols mountains nations native palace Parthians period Persian Persian empire person Phoenicians Phrygia possession present priests prince provinces race region reign religion river Roman Rome ruins Saracens Scythians sent Shah Sogdiana sovereign success sultan Syria Tamerlane Tartars temple territory thousand throne tion took tribes troops Turkish Turks victory walls whole Yezdijird Zingis
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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!