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... Greeks in 1360 ; and it con- tinued to be the seat of the Turkish empire till the capture of Constantinople in 1453 . Mahomet II . , one of the most distinguished of the sultans , and the one who took Constantinople , was born here , in ...
... Greeks in 1360 ; and it con- tinued to be the seat of the Turkish empire till the capture of Constantinople in 1453 . Mahomet II . , one of the most distinguished of the sultans , and the one who took Constantinople , was born here , in ...
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... Greeks , one of the three parts of the ancient world , and the greatest peninsula of the universe , first peopled by Ham . It was conquered by Belisarius in A.D. 553 et seq . In the seventh century , about 637 , the Mahometan Arabs ...
... Greeks , one of the three parts of the ancient world , and the greatest peninsula of the universe , first peopled by Ham . It was conquered by Belisarius in A.D. 553 et seq . In the seventh century , about 637 , the Mahometan Arabs ...
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... Greeks alpha , and abbreviated by the moderns to A. The Hebrew is supposed to be derived from the Phoenician ... Greek alphabet consisted of sixteen letters till 399 B. c . , when the Ionic , of 24 characters , was intro- duced . The ...
... Greeks alpha , and abbreviated by the moderns to A. The Hebrew is supposed to be derived from the Phoenician ... Greek alphabet consisted of sixteen letters till 399 B. c . , when the Ionic , of 24 characters , was intro- duced . The ...
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... Greeks the worship of those deities which were held in adoration in Egypt . - Herodotus . Christian altars in ... Greek , non and mamma . Their queen , Thalestris , visited Alexander the Great , while he was pursuing his conquests in ...
... Greeks the worship of those deities which were held in adoration in Egypt . - Herodotus . Christian altars in ... Greek , non and mamma . Their queen , Thalestris , visited Alexander the Great , while he was pursuing his conquests in ...
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... Greeks , they were much used in exciting or conquering the passion of love . They were also in estimation among the ... Greek lyric poet , about 510 B.c. The odes of Anacreon are much prized ; their author lived in a constant round of ...
... Greeks , they were much used in exciting or conquering the passion of love . They were also in estimation among the ... Greek lyric poet , about 510 B.c. The odes of Anacreon are much prized ; their author lived in a constant round of ...
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Seite 69 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Seite 199 - Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twas even to thee), yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids ' the pure in heart behold their God.
Seite 26 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Seite 299 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head.
Seite 14 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'.
Seite 475 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Seite 155 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Seite 459 - May, 1700, and was buried in Westminster abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by John, duke of Buckingham.
Seite 556 - If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the housetops I would go.
Seite 373 - ... thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.