Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps: Embracing: Part I. Ancient History. Part II. Modern HistoryIvison & Phinney, 1856 - 845 páginas |
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... side of the river the principal ruins are those of Carnac and Luxor , about a mile and a half apart . Among the former are the remains of a temple dedicated to Ammon , the Jupiter of the Egyptians , covering more than nine acres of ...
... side of the river the principal ruins are those of Carnac and Luxor , about a mile and a half apart . Among the former are the remains of a temple dedicated to Ammon , the Jupiter of the Egyptians , covering more than nine acres of ...
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... side of the river , at Medinet Abou , are two sitting colossal figures , each about 50 feet in height , supported by pedestals of corresponding dimensions . On the same side of the river , in the mountain - range that skirts the valley ...
... side of the river , at Medinet Abou , are two sitting colossal figures , each about 50 feet in height , supported by pedestals of corresponding dimensions . On the same side of the river , in the mountain - range that skirts the valley ...
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... side . The White river , generally regarded as the true Nile , about whose source no satisfactory knowledge has yet ... sides of the base corre- spond in direction with the four cardinal points , and each measures , at the foundation ...
... side . The White river , generally regarded as the true Nile , about whose source no satisfactory knowledge has yet ... sides of the base corre- spond in direction with the four cardinal points , and each measures , at the foundation ...
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... side of it ; for it is evident that at the time of the Exode the Israelites did not cross the Nile . ( Hale's Analysis of Chronology , i . 374. ) " The ' land of Goshen ' was between Egypt and Canaan , not far from the Isthmus of Suez ...
... side of it ; for it is evident that at the time of the Exode the Israelites did not cross the Nile . ( Hale's Analysis of Chronology , i . 374. ) " The ' land of Goshen ' was between Egypt and Canaan , not far from the Isthmus of Suez ...
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... side being 120 furlongs , or fifteen miles in length . According to this computation the city embraced an area of 225 square miles . But Diodorus reduces the supposed area to 72 square miles ; -equal , however , to three and a half ...
... side being 120 furlongs , or fifteen miles in length . According to this computation the city embraced an area of 225 square miles . But Diodorus reduces the supposed area to 72 square miles ; -equal , however , to three and a half ...
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Página 15 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Página 332 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 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.
Página 419 - Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait; While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? 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...
Página 419 - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; ' Think nothing gain'd,' he cries, * till nought remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Página 41 - 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...
Página 42 - 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.
Página 419 - 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...
Página 333 - 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!
Página 43 - 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.
Página 277 - Under the name of aids, the lord claimed stipulated sums from his tenants on the occasion of the knighting of his eldest son, the marriage of his eldest daughter, or his own capture in war.