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 13
... head of the Persian Gulf . ( See Map , p . 15. ) So late as the age of Alexander the Great , each of these rivers preserved a separate course to the sea , but not long after they became united about eighty miles from their mouth , from ...
... head of the Persian Gulf . ( See Map , p . 15. ) So late as the age of Alexander the Great , each of these rivers preserved a separate course to the sea , but not long after they became united about eighty miles from their mouth , from ...
Pàgina 24
... head of the entire system of the universe . He is supreme over all : earthly monarchs derive their authority from himn , and bis will is fate . He is generally represented as majestic in appearance , seated on a throne , with a sceptre ...
... head of the entire system of the universe . He is supreme over all : earthly monarchs derive their authority from himn , and bis will is fate . He is generally represented as majestic in appearance , seated on a throne , with a sceptre ...
Pàgina 25
... head , and winged sandals on his feet . In his hand he bears his wand or staff , with wings at its extremity , and two serpents twined about it . 3. Mars , the god of war , was of huge size and prodigious strength , and his voice was ...
... head , and winged sandals on his feet . In his hand he bears his wand or staff , with wings at its extremity , and two serpents twined about it . 3. Mars , the god of war , was of huge size and prodigious strength , and his voice was ...
Pàgina 26
... head : she wears a long tunic or male , and bears a spear in one hand , and an ægis or shield , on which is a figure of the Gorgon's head , in the other . 3. Céres was the goddess of grain and harvests . The most celebrated event in her ...
... head : she wears a long tunic or male , and bears a spear in one hand , and an ægis or shield , on which is a figure of the Gorgon's head , in the other . 3. Céres was the goddess of grain and harvests . The most celebrated event in her ...
Pàgina 27
... head ed dog Cer ' berus ; the Cen ' taurs , half men and half horses ; the Ler ' nean Hy ' dra , a famous water serpent ; and Scyl'la and Charyb ' dis , fearful sea monsters , the one changed into a rock , and the other Into a whirlpool ...
... head ed dog Cer ' berus ; the Cen ' taurs , half men and half horses ; the Ler ' nean Hy ' dra , a famous water serpent ; and Scyl'la and Charyb ' dis , fearful sea monsters , the one changed into a rock , and the other Into a whirlpool ...
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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.