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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... Southern Asia ; that Ham peopled Egypt ; and that the descendants of Japheth migrated westward and settled in the countries of Europe , or , as they are called in Scripture , the " Isles of the Gentiles . " III . EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 8 ...
... Southern Asia ; that Ham peopled Egypt ; and that the descendants of Japheth migrated westward and settled in the countries of Europe , or , as they are called in Scripture , the " Isles of the Gentiles . " III . EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 8 ...
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... southern Europe -extending north to the northern extremity of the waters of the Grecian Archipelago . Modern Greece , however , has a less extent on the north , as Thes ' saly , Epírus , and Macedónia have been taken from it , and ...
... southern Europe -extending north to the northern extremity of the waters of the Grecian Archipelago . Modern Greece , however , has a less extent on the north , as Thes ' saly , Epírus , and Macedónia have been taken from it , and ...
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... southern Greece , and anciently the capital of the kingdom of Arʼ golis , is situated on the western bank of the river In ' achus , two miles from the bottom of the Gulf of Argos , and on the western side of a plain ten or twelve miles ...
... southern Greece , and anciently the capital of the kingdom of Arʼ golis , is situated on the western bank of the river In ' achus , two miles from the bottom of the Gulf of Argos , and on the western side of a plain ten or twelve miles ...
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... southern part of this ter- ritory , between the mountain chains of Eta and Othrys , is the long and narrow valley of the river Sperchius , which , though considered as a part of Thes ' saly , forms a separate region , widely ...
... southern part of this ter- ritory , between the mountain chains of Eta and Othrys , is the long and narrow valley of the river Sperchius , which , though considered as a part of Thes ' saly , forms a separate region , widely ...
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... Southern Greece , when , warned by these misfortunes , they abandoned the guarded isthmus , and crossing the Corinthian Gulf from Naupac ' tus , ' landed safely on the north - western coast of the peninsula . ( B. C. 1104 ) . 7. The ...
... Southern Greece , when , warned by these misfortunes , they abandoned the guarded isthmus , and crossing the Corinthian Gulf from Naupac ' tus , ' landed safely on the north - western coast of the peninsula . ( B. C. 1104 ) . 7. The ...
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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.