Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps : Embracing : Part I. Ancient History : Part II. Modern HistoryIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1854 - 600 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... formed of a single block of red granite , 80 feet in height , and beautifully sculptured . A few years ago one of these obelisks was taken down , and con- vзyed , at great expense , to the city of Paris , where it has been erected in ...
... formed of a single block of red granite , 80 feet in height , and beautifully sculptured . A few years ago one of these obelisks was taken down , and con- vзyed , at great expense , to the city of Paris , where it has been erected in ...
Pàgina 19
... formed one united empire under the immediate successors of the first founder ; others regard Nínus as an Assyrian prince , who , by conquering Babylon , united the hitherto separate empires , more than four hundred years after the reign ...
... formed one united empire under the immediate successors of the first founder ; others regard Nínus as an Assyrian prince , who , by conquering Babylon , united the hitherto separate empires , more than four hundred years after the reign ...
Pàgina 21
... formed the beds of mountain lakes . The largest tracts of level country are in western Hel ' las , and along the northern and north - western shores of the Moréa . 4. The mountains of Greece are of the Alpine character CHAP . II ] 21 ...
... formed the beds of mountain lakes . The largest tracts of level country are in western Hel ' las , and along the northern and north - western shores of the Moréa . 4. The mountains of Greece are of the Alpine character CHAP . II ] 21 ...
Pàgina 45
... formed the Æólian Con federacy . Commenced , and mouth . Get 1871 5. About twenty years after the Thessalian conquest , the Dórians , a Hellénic tribe , whose country , Dóris , a mountainous region , was on the south of Thes ' saly ...
... formed the Æólian Con federacy . Commenced , and mouth . Get 1871 5. About twenty years after the Thessalian conquest , the Dórians , a Hellénic tribe , whose country , Dóris , a mountainous region , was on the south of Thes ' saly ...
Pàgina 50
... formed an important part of the 1. Del ' phos and Créte have been described . The summit of Mount I'da , in Créte , was sacred to Jupiter . Here also Cyb ' ele , the " mother of the gods , " was worshipped . ( The Mount I'da mentioned ...
... formed an important part of the 1. Del ' phos and Créte have been described . The summit of Mount I'da , in Créte , was sacred to Jupiter . Here also Cyb ' ele , the " mother of the gods , " was worshipped . ( The Mount I'da mentioned ...
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Pàgina 414 - 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; — Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Pàgina 38 - Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt...
Pàgina 182 - 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?
Pàgina 13 - ... to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Pàgina 182 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Pàgina 328 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Pàgina 39 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Pàgina 40 - And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Pàgina 59 - Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
Pàgina 63 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.