The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 1G.G. and J. Robinson; W. Richardson and Company; H. Gardner; W. Otridge and Son; R. Baldwin ... [and 16 others]. By Darton and Harvey, 1800 - History, Ancient |
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... given him , which the heathens fo much admired , though they nei- ther knew the author nor true cause of it . We fee in profane history the extent and swiftness of his conquefts , the intrepidity of his courage , the wifdom of his views ...
... given him , which the heathens fo much admired , though they nei- ther knew the author nor true cause of it . We fee in profane history the extent and swiftness of his conquefts , the intrepidity of his courage , the wifdom of his views ...
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... given us a picture , in his beautiful preface to the hiftory of that prince . He has there fpecified a great number of nations , which , though far diftant one from another , and differing widely in their manners , cuftoms , and ...
... given us a picture , in his beautiful preface to the hiftory of that prince . He has there fpecified a great number of nations , which , though far diftant one from another , and differing widely in their manners , cuftoms , and ...
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... given to the highest form but one . Youths in this clafs are capable of pleasure and improvement from this hiftory ; and I would not have them go upon that of the Romans , till they study rhe- torick . It would have been ufeful , and ...
... given to the highest form but one . Youths in this clafs are capable of pleasure and improvement from this hiftory ; and I would not have them go upon that of the Romans , till they study rhe- torick . It would have been ufeful , and ...
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... given a fhort account . We have a fignal proof of this in the Cyropedia * , where Cambyfes , the father of Cyrus , gives that young prince fuch noble instructions , instructions admirably well adapted to form the great captain , and ...
... given a fhort account . We have a fignal proof of this in the Cyropedia * , where Cambyfes , the father of Cyrus , gives that young prince fuch noble instructions , instructions admirably well adapted to form the great captain , and ...
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... given a general and concife idea of mankind , from the earliest monuments which history has preferved on this fubject , the particulars whereof I fhall endeavour to relate , in treating of each empire and nation . I shall not touch upon ...
... given a general and concife idea of mankind , from the earliest monuments which history has preferved on this fubject , the particulars whereof I fhall endeavour to relate , in treating of each empire and nation . I shall not touch upon ...
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Page 247 - LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Page 187 - 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 234 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 67 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Page 261 - Thus saith the Lord God ; 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.
Page 263 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
Page 175 - ... place. Now, as so exact a situation was in all probability purposely pitched upon by those who piled up this huge mass of stones above three thousand years ago, it follows, that during so long a space of time...
Page 265 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 5 - And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Page 176 - At last, in order, undiscern'd they join, And march together in a friendly line. And, as the Cretan labyrinth of old, With wand'ring ways and many a winding fold...