The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Band 1H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... military prowess , and political power ; and to investigate the causes which retarded or accelerated that progress , together with those that afterward pro- duced a relaxation of manners , a decline of the martial spirit , and the ...
... military prowess , and political power ; and to investigate the causes which retarded or accelerated that progress , together with those that afterward pro- duced a relaxation of manners , a decline of the martial spirit , and the ...
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... military fame , policy , and arts . Hence the sage remark of Aristotle : / " We are to judge " of man in his state of advancement , not in that of ig- norance or barbarity ; a progress in knowledge and " civility being natural to him ...
... military fame , policy , and arts . Hence the sage remark of Aristotle : / " We are to judge " of man in his state of advancement , not in that of ig- norance or barbarity ; a progress in knowledge and " civility being natural to him ...
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... military establishment ; and the whole army when completed , to be mustered in the neighbourhood of his capital , where he appointed a commander in chief over the troops of each nation " . At the close of the year , the army was ...
... military establishment ; and the whole army when completed , to be mustered in the neighbourhood of his capital , where he appointed a commander in chief over the troops of each nation " . At the close of the year , the army was ...
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... military regulations . He duly appointed able judges , and civil governors , for the several provinces of his empires ; and each governor was obliged to repair , once a year , to Nineveh , and give an account of his administration , in ...
... military regulations . He duly appointed able judges , and civil governors , for the several provinces of his empires ; and each governor was obliged to repair , once a year , to Nineveh , and give an account of his administration , in ...
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... military discipline , by forming them into dis- tinct bodies of spearmen , cavalry , and archers ; ( Herodot . ubi sup . ) they having been accustomed , before his reign , to join battle in a con- fused manner . ( Id . ibid . ) These ...
... military discipline , by forming them into dis- tinct bodies of spearmen , cavalry , and archers ; ( Herodot . ubi sup . ) they having been accustomed , before his reign , to join battle in a con- fused manner . ( Id . ibid . ) These ...
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Seite 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Seite 400 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Seite 130 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Seite 130 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Seite 400 - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together; the floods stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Seite 129 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Seite 402 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Seite 402 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Seite 400 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Seite 400 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.