The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography;: Embracing a History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Day ...H. Savage, 1833 |
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... extend- Ing the benefits thereof to the arts of designing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints . " JNO . W. DAVIS , Clerk of the District of Massachusetts INTRODUCTION . 1. The term History comprehends a record of ...
... extend- Ing the benefits thereof to the arts of designing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints . " JNO . W. DAVIS , Clerk of the District of Massachusetts INTRODUCTION . 1. The term History comprehends a record of ...
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... extend from the Creation of the World , 4004 years , B. C. , to the Deluge , 2348 years B. C. This is the Antediluvian Period . PERIOD II . will extend from the Deluge , 2348 years B. C. , to the Calling of Abraham , 1921 years B. C. ...
... extend from the Creation of the World , 4004 years , B. C. , to the Deluge , 2348 years B. C. This is the Antediluvian Period . PERIOD II . will extend from the Deluge , 2348 years B. C. , to the Calling of Abraham , 1921 years B. C. ...
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... extend from the Battle of Marathon , 490 years B. C. , to the Birth of Alexander , 356 years B. C. This is the period of Grecian Glory . PERIOD VIII . will extend from the Birth of Alexander , 356 years B. C. , to the Destruction of ...
... extend from the Battle of Marathon , 490 years B. C. , to the Birth of Alexander , 356 years B. C. This is the period of Grecian Glory . PERIOD VIII . will extend from the Birth of Alexander , 356 years B. C. , to the Destruction of ...
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... , it is not to be doubted , is among the most ancient empires of the world . Its records extend to more than 2200 years B. C. According to the most current opi nion , it was founded by one of the colonies 22 ANCIENT HISTORY - PERIOD II .
... , it is not to be doubted , is among the most ancient empires of the world . Its records extend to more than 2200 years B. C. According to the most current opi nion , it was founded by one of the colonies 22 ANCIENT HISTORY - PERIOD II .
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... extend his conquests , and to enlarge his acquisitions by violence and blood . Thus , casting off the fear of God , and ... extended his conquests from Egypt to the extremities of India and Bac triana . He became enamoured of Semiramis ...
... extend his conquests , and to enlarge his acquisitions by violence and blood . Thus , casting off the fear of God , and ... extended his conquests from Egypt to the extremities of India and Bac triana . He became enamoured of Semiramis ...
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afterwards Alexander ancient arms army arts Asia Assyria Athens Austria battle became began Belisarius brother Cæsar caliphs called Carthage Carthaginians cause celebrated century character Charlemagne Charles chivalry Christian church command commenced conquered conqueror conquest Constantinople crown crusade death defeated died distinguished divine dominions duke early East Egypt emperor empire enemy engaged England English Europe event father favour France French Gaul genius Germany Greece Greeks Henry honour inhabitants invaded island Italy Julius Cæsar king kingdom knight land latter learning length Louis manner military monarch nations native occasion Odoacer Parthia peace period Persians person Philip philosopher poet Pompey Pope possessed prince principal prisoner provinces Ptolemy queen reign religion respect Roman Rome Russia Saracens senate soldiers soon sovereign Spain Sparta spirit subdued subjects succeeded success successor Syria temple throne tion took Trajan tribes Turks victory whole
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Seite 201 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Seite 194 - Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
Seite 216 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 25 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Seite 336 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. .From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Seite 142 - Large countries, and in fields great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Seite 123 - He knew how to reconcile the most enterprising spirit with the coolest moderation ; the most obstinate perseverance with the easiest flexibility; the most severe justice with the gentlest lenity ; the greatest vigour in commanding with the most perfect affability of deportment ; the highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents for action.
Seite 15 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Seite 206 - Her heroism was exempt from temerity, her frugality from avarice, her friendship from partiality, her active temper from turbulency and a vain ambition : She guarded not herself with equal care or equal success from lesser infirmities; the rivalship of beauty, the desire of admiration, the jealousy of love, and the sallies of anger.
Seite 266 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.