The Five Empires; an outline of ancient history, 1840James Burns, 1845 - 248 páginas |
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... persons ; but after remaining two hundred and six- teen years in that country , it had increased into a vast multitude.12 At that time there rose up a king of a new family , who was ignorant of the services which had been rendered to ...
... persons ; but after remaining two hundred and six- teen years in that country , it had increased into a vast multitude.12 At that time there rose up a king of a new family , who was ignorant of the services which had been rendered to ...
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... persons are said to have perished.22 But he left his purpose incom- plete ; probably because , on his defeat by the Assy- rians , he feared to facilitate their passage into Egypt . He continued , however , to direct his attention to the ...
... persons are said to have perished.22 But he left his purpose incom- plete ; probably because , on his defeat by the Assy- rians , he feared to facilitate their passage into Egypt . He continued , however , to direct his attention to the ...
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... persons of men ; " while Togar- malı , or Cappadocia , " traded in their fairs with mules and horses . " 25 The inhabitants of Greece and Italy were a people destined , in their time , to play a higher part in the world's history ; and ...
... persons of men ; " while Togar- malı , or Cappadocia , " traded in their fairs with mules and horses . " 25 The inhabitants of Greece and Italy were a people destined , in their time , to play a higher part in the world's history ; and ...
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... person who gave no such sign of the reality of his mission . For such irreverence God was pleased to sentence him to death : " a lion met him and slew him . " And in his history Jero- boam might see a reflection of his own impiety , in ...
... person who gave no such sign of the reality of his mission . For such irreverence God was pleased to sentence him to death : " a lion met him and slew him . " And in his history Jero- boam might see a reflection of his own impiety , in ...
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... persons the best antidote to this specious and in- creasing evil of the times is to be found , not in ignorance of its novelties , but in an acquaintance with those ancient principles of the Anglican Church , which supply its sole ...
... persons the best antidote to this specious and in- creasing evil of the times is to be found , not in ignorance of its novelties , but in an acquaintance with those ancient principles of the Anglican Church , which supply its sole ...
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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.