The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country, Till the Expulsion of the French from Alexandria, in the Year 1801, Volume 1A. Constable & Company, 1805 - Egypt |
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... shews hu- man nature struggling among the awful destinies of fortune ; it contrasts light and shade ; it exhibits the glory of em- pires , and the overthrow of nations . Nowhere can we find lessons of wis- dom more distinctly written ...
... shews hu- man nature struggling among the awful destinies of fortune ; it contrasts light and shade ; it exhibits the glory of em- pires , and the overthrow of nations . Nowhere can we find lessons of wis- dom more distinctly written ...
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... shew unequivocally the abode of the divinity whom they adore . This superstition of Tibet appears to have extended farther than the bound- aries of that country , for the present dynasty of China is of Tartarean origin , and the ...
... shew unequivocally the abode of the divinity whom they adore . This superstition of Tibet appears to have extended farther than the bound- aries of that country , for the present dynasty of China is of Tartarean origin , and the ...
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... shew of anger and violence . As a further fanciful mark of respect for the dead , those who ap- plied the myrrh , cassia , and other odori- ferous drugs , were treated with kind- ness , as agents of mercy and compassion . Somewhat ...
... shew of anger and violence . As a further fanciful mark of respect for the dead , those who ap- plied the myrrh , cassia , and other odori- ferous drugs , were treated with kind- ness , as agents of mercy and compassion . Somewhat ...
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... years . If this period be understood in the literal and com- mon acceptation , the bare recital of the number is sufficient to shew its absurdi- ty and falsehood . The Theban year consists of 365 132 B. If HISTORY OF EGYPT .
... years . If this period be understood in the literal and com- mon acceptation , the bare recital of the number is sufficient to shew its absurdi- ty and falsehood . The Theban year consists of 365 132 B. If HISTORY OF EGYPT .
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... shew that the reign of Menes was of later date than that which has been generally assigned it , Sir Isaac Newton ascribes to him the building of Memphis ; but Memphis either did not exist , or was C See his Chronology , word Menes ...
... shew that the reign of Menes was of later date than that which has been generally assigned it , Sir Isaac Newton ascribes to him the building of Memphis ; but Memphis either did not exist , or was C See his Chronology , word Menes ...
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Page 183 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
Page 26 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 185 - Scriptures contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom.
Page 162 - Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets : and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Page xvii - It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by the...
Page 186 - The two parts, of which the Scriptures consist, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no resemblance, in form or style, to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian, learning. The antiquity of those compositions no man doubts ; and the unstrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publication, is a solid ground of belief, that they were genuine predictions, and consequently inspired*.
Page 39 - SPHINX. A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion.
Page 182 - Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales...
Page 407 - Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. To the great beauty and gracefulness of her person, Cleopatra added the attractions of wit, affable manners, and high mental acquirements. Amid the pleasures and avocations of a court, she ceased not to cultivate learning; and, in addressing ambassadors of different languages, she astonished them with the correctness and fluency of her diction. If you say of this great woman that it was by ambition and passion that she finally lost her power and...
Page 1 - The History of Egypt; from the earliest Accounts of that Country, till the Expulsion of the French from Alexandria, in the Year 1801.