Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps: Embracing: Part I.- Ancient History. Part II.- Modern History. Part III.- Outlines of the Philosophy of HistoryIvison & Phinney, 1854 - 845 pągines |
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Pągina 16
... five feet in the dry season , and the Damietta channel of seven or eight feet when the river is lowest . Formerly the Nile entered the sea by seven different channels , several of which still occasionally serve for canals , and purposes ...
... five feet in the dry season , and the Damietta channel of seven or eight feet when the river is lowest . Formerly the Nile entered the sea by seven different channels , several of which still occasionally serve for canals , and purposes ...
Pągina 29
... five miles from east to west , and an average breadth of about thirty - five . As the soil of Attica was mostly rugged , and the surface consisted of barren hills , or plains of little extent , its produce was never sufficient to supply ...
... five miles from east to west , and an average breadth of about thirty - five . As the soil of Attica was mostly rugged , and the surface consisted of barren hills , or plains of little extent , its produce was never sufficient to supply ...
Pągina 31
... five miles in length , the Peneus , the principal river of Thes ' saly , finds its way to the sea ; and an ancient legend asserts that the waters of the Peneus and its tributaries covered the whole basin of Thes ' saly , until the arm ...
... five miles in length , the Peneus , the principal river of Thes ' saly , finds its way to the sea ; and an ancient legend asserts that the waters of the Peneus and its tributaries covered the whole basin of Thes ' saly , until the arm ...
Pągina 47
... five miles from the Saron ' ic Gulf , now the Gulf of Ęgina . Most of the ancient city stood on the west side of a rocky eminence called the Acropolis , surrounded by an extensive plain , and , at the time when it had attained its ...
... five miles from the Saron ' ic Gulf , now the Gulf of Ęgina . Most of the ancient city stood on the west side of a rocky eminence called the Acropolis , surrounded by an extensive plain , and , at the time when it had attained its ...
Pągina 57
... five sail . The allied Grecians were at first successful , ravaging Lyd ' ia , and burning Sar ' dis , ' its capital ; but in the end they were defeated near Eph ' esus ; ' the commanders quarrelled with each other ; and the Athenians ...
... five sail . The allied Grecians were at first successful , ravaging Lyd ' ia , and burning Sar ' dis , ' its capital ; but in the end they were defeated near Eph ' esus ; ' the commanders quarrelled with each other ; and the Athenians ...
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Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical ... Marcius Willson Visualització completa - 1854 |
OUTLINES OF HISTORY. ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ... MARCUS WILLSON Visualització completa - 1864 |
Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical ... Marcius Willson Visualització completa - 1854 |
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Passatges populars
Pągina 13 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Pągina 68 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Pągina 737 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand, until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Pągina 66 - Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
Pągina 183 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Pągina 330 - This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Pągina 330 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Pągina 66 - And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Pągina 417 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay.
Pągina 417 - Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.