The Five Empires; an outline of ancient history, 1840James Burns, 1845 - 248 páginas |
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... Finally , he foretold a combination be- tween the worldly power of the sons of Japheth and the spiritual seed of Shem ; and this consumma- tion he predicted when those who possessed earthly might should take up their rest with the heirs ...
... Finally , he foretold a combination be- tween the worldly power of the sons of Japheth and the spiritual seed of Shem ; and this consumma- tion he predicted when those who possessed earthly might should take up their rest with the heirs ...
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... finally de- feated his army and besieged him in Nineveh . Its fortifications , however , were so strong , and it was so well supplied with provisions , that he might still have defied his enemies , had not a sudden inunda- tion of the ...
... finally de- feated his army and besieged him in Nineveh . Its fortifications , however , were so strong , and it was so well supplied with provisions , that he might still have defied his enemies , had not a sudden inunda- tion of the ...
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... finally to be united . This was done by the call of Abraham . Abraham was the chief of one of the eldest tribes of Shem's children ; and though even among them the worship of idols had begun to appear , yet the God of Noah was re ...
... finally to be united . This was done by the call of Abraham . Abraham was the chief of one of the eldest tribes of Shem's children ; and though even among them the worship of idols had begun to appear , yet the God of Noah was re ...
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... finally conquered till the time of the Persians . Nor is this the only thing which renders the history of Egypt interesting . Painting , statuary , architecture , the art of medicine , and of what is called statistics -the art , that is ...
... finally conquered till the time of the Persians . Nor is this the only thing which renders the history of Egypt interesting . Painting , statuary , architecture , the art of medicine , and of what is called statistics -the art , that is ...
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... finally sent back to perform by divine power what , in the presumption of youth , he had expected to accomplish by human means . As God delivered His people by miracle from Egypt , so , by like miracle , did He preserve them in the ...
... finally sent back to perform by divine power what , in the presumption of youth , he had expected to accomplish by human means . As God delivered His people by miracle from Egypt , so , by like miracle , did He preserve them in the ...
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afterwards ancient Antiochus apos apostles appointed Aristagoras army Asia Assyrian Athenian Athens Babylon bishops blessing body Cæsar called captive CHAPTER chief Christ Christ's kingdom Christian Church communion conquest Constantine council creed Cyrus Darius death declared defeated Diocletian disciples doctrine earth East Egypt Egyptian emperor established Eusebius faith father Galerius God's Grecian Greece Greeks heathen heaven Heeren Herod Herodotus holy human hundred Ignatius inhabitants Ionian Irenæus Israel Japheth Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Judah Julius Cæsar king Lacedæmonians land Livy Lord Lord's Macedon mankind martyrs Maximian means Medes ment ministers nations Nebuchadnezzar Palestine passed Peloponnesian war Peloponnesus persecution Persian Phoenicians Polycarp predicted priests prince promise prophecy prophet river Roman empire Rome Scripture Scythians seemed shew soldiers Spartan spirit taught temple thee things tion Trajan tribes truth Tyre unto viii witness words worldly worship Xerxes
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Página 24 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Página 3 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Página 62 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 55 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 113 - Therefore the he-goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones, toward the four winds of heaven.
Página 44 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Página 53 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 99 - Artaxerxes' throne. To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear, From Heaven descended to the low-roofed house Of Socrates — see there his tenement — Whom, well inspired, the oracle pronounced Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth Mellifluous streams, that watered all the schools Of Academics old and new, with those Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect Epicurean and the Stoic severe.
Página 29 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about.
Página 58 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.