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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... thousand persons that could not distinguish between their right hand and their left . " It is generally believed that the expression here used denoted children , and that the entire popu- lation of the city numbered seven or eight ...
... thousand persons that could not distinguish between their right hand and their left . " It is generally believed that the expression here used denoted children , and that the entire popu- lation of the city numbered seven or eight ...
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... thousand foot and twenty - four thousand horse , besides twenty- seven thousand armed chariots . He conquered Lib ' ya ' and Ethiopia , ' after which , entering Asia , he overran Arabia , subdued the Assyrians and Medes , and even led ...
... thousand foot and twenty - four thousand horse , besides twenty- seven thousand armed chariots . He conquered Lib ' ya ' and Ethiopia , ' after which , entering Asia , he overran Arabia , subdued the Assyrians and Medes , and even led ...
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... thousand es- caped by flight . In the height of their joy and gratitude , the peo- ple would have made Gideon king , but he said to them , " Not I , nor my son , but JEHOVAH shall reign over you . " e 9. Again the idolatry of the ...
... thousand es- caped by flight . In the height of their joy and gratitude , the peo- ple would have made Gideon king , but he said to them , " Not I , nor my son , but JEHOVAH shall reign over you . " e 9. Again the idolatry of the ...
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... thousand lives . Weakened by these disasters , Mar- dónius abruptly terminated the campaign and returned to Asia . 2. Daríus soon renewed his preparations for the invasion of Greece , and , while his forces were assembling , sent ...
... thousand lives . Weakened by these disasters , Mar- dónius abruptly terminated the campaign and returned to Asia . 2. Daríus soon renewed his preparations for the invasion of Greece , and , while his forces were assembling , sent ...
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... thousand men , commanded by the generals Dátis and Artapher ' nes , and guided by the exiled tyrant and traitor Hip ' pias , directed its course towards the Grecian shores . ( B. C. 490. ) Several islands of the E ' gean submitted ...
... thousand men , commanded by the generals Dátis and Artapher ' nes , and guided by the exiled tyrant and traitor Hip ' pias , directed its course towards the Grecian shores . ( B. C. 490. ) Several islands of the E ' gean submitted ...
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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.