Outlines of Ancient and Modern History, on a New Plan, Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of the Geography ...: Accompanied by a Series of QuestionsBelknap and Hamersley, 1838 |
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afterwards Alexander ancient arms army arts Assyria Athens Augustus Austria battle became Belisarius brother Cæsar caliphs called Carthage Carthaginians cause celebrated character Charlemagne Charles Christian Cicero command commenced conquered conqueror conquest Constantinople consul crown crusade death defeated died distinguished dominions duke dynasty Egypt emperor empire enemy engaged England English Europe event father favour France French Gaul Germany Greece Greeks hands Henry Heruli honour inhabitants invaded Italy Jerusalem Jews Julius Cæsar king kingdom latter length liberty Louis Mahomet manner military monarch nations native obliged occasion Odoacer Parthia peace period Persians person Philip philosopher poet Pompey Pope possessed prince principal prisoner provinces Ptolemy queen reign religion respect Ricimer Roman Rome Russia Saracens senate Sicily soldiers soon sovereign Spain Sparta spirit subdued subjects succeeded success successor surnamed Sylla Syria temple throne tion took Trajan Turks victory whole
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Stran 203 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Stran 218 - 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...
Stran 17 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Stran 89 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Stran 344 - Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities, and now having actual operation and effect within the United States, and, more especially...
Stran 369 - Embrouded was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede. 90 Singinge he was, or floytinge, al the day ; He was as fresh as is the month of May.
Stran 196 - Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
Stran 272 - Mr. Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils: so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge.
Stran 37 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the priest of the most high God.
Stran 241 - ... (he attempted those things which no good man durst have ventured on, and achieved those in which none but a valiant and great man could have succeeded).