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 14
... four thousand years from its origin , it is described by an Orien tal writer as containing " works so wonderful that they confound even a reflecting mind , and such as the most eloquent would not be able to describe . " ( Map , p . 15 ...
... four thousand years from its origin , it is described by an Orien tal writer as containing " works so wonderful that they confound even a reflecting mind , and such as the most eloquent would not be able to describe . " ( Map , p . 15 ...
Pàgina 16
... four hundred years before the time of Abraham , and eight or nine hundred years before the era of Moses , -showing a truly astonishing degree of power and grandeur attained by the Egyptian monarchfy more than four thousand years ago ...
... four hundred years before the time of Abraham , and eight or nine hundred years before the era of Moses , -showing a truly astonishing degree of power and grandeur attained by the Egyptian monarchfy more than four thousand years ago ...
Pàgina 19
... four hundred years after the reign of Nimrod ; while others still regard Nínus as only a per sonification of Nineveh- During the reign of Nínus , and also during that of his supposed queen and successor , Semir ' amis , the boundaries ...
... four hundred years after the reign of Nimrod ; while others still regard Nínus as only a per sonification of Nineveh- During the reign of Nínus , and also during that of his supposed queen and successor , Semir ' amis , the boundaries ...
Pàgina 28
... four or five in width . The eastern side of the plain is dry and barren , and here were situated Tir ' yns , from which Her ' cules departed at the commencement of his " labors , " and Mycéna , the royal city of Agamemn ' non . The ...
... four or five in width . The eastern side of the plain is dry and barren , and here were situated Tir ' yns , from which Her ' cules departed at the commencement of his " labors , " and Mycéna , the royal city of Agamemn ' non . The ...
Pàgina 32
... four tribes into which the Hel'lenic or Grecian nation was for many centuries divided , and which were distinguished from each other by many peculiarities of language and institutions . Hel ' len is said to have left his kingdom to ...
... four tribes into which the Hel'lenic or Grecian nation was for many centuries divided , and which were distinguished from each other by many peculiarities of language and institutions . Hel ' len is said to have left his kingdom to ...
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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.