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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... Kingdom of Egypt 154 Syria 155 Macedonia ibid . ' Thrace and Bithynia 156 Kings of Bithynia 157 Pergamus ibid . Pontus 159 Cappadocia Armenia Epirus Tyrants of Heraclea Kings of Syracuse Other Kings 160 ibid . 161 162 164 165 BOOK BOOK ...
... Kingdom of Egypt 154 Syria 155 Macedonia ibid . ' Thrace and Bithynia 156 Kings of Bithynia 157 Pergamus ibid . Pontus 159 Cappadocia Armenia Epirus Tyrants of Heraclea Kings of Syracuse Other Kings 160 ibid . 161 162 164 165 BOOK BOOK ...
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... kingdoms and empires of the world ; and , at the fame time all the great men who are any ways confpicuous ; thereby inftructing us , by example rather than precept , in the VOL . I. B arts arts of empire and war , the principles of ...
... kingdoms and empires of the world ; and , at the fame time all the great men who are any ways confpicuous ; thereby inftructing us , by example rather than precept , in the VOL . I. B arts arts of empire and war , the principles of ...
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... kingdoms from one nation to another . We discover this important truth in going back to the most remote antiquity , and the origin of profane hiftory ; I mean , to the difperfion of the pofterity of Noah into the feveral countries of ...
... kingdoms from one nation to another . We discover this important truth in going back to the most remote antiquity , and the origin of profane hiftory ; I mean , to the difperfion of the pofterity of Noah into the feveral countries of ...
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... kingdoms frequently depended . But , at the fame time , we must be fo juft as to own , that their manners , customs , and laws , would not per mit men in thefe ages to difpenfe with the observa- tion of these practices : that education ...
... kingdoms frequently depended . But , at the fame time , we must be fo juft as to own , that their manners , customs , and laws , would not per mit men in thefe ages to difpenfe with the observa- tion of these practices : that education ...
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... kingdoms were founded , that have divided the universe ; the steps whereby they rose to that pitch of grandeur related in hiftory ; by what ties families and cities united , in order to constitute one body or fociety , and to live ...
... kingdoms were founded , that have divided the universe ; the steps whereby they rose to that pitch of grandeur related in hiftory ; by what ties families and cities united , in order to constitute one body or fociety , and to live ...
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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...