Elements of Universal History: On a New and Systematic Plan: from the Earliest Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is Added, a Summary of the Leading Events Since that Period. For the Use of Schools and Private StudentsLea & Blanchard, 1849 - 549 páginas |
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... established in Thessaly and Arcadia , by three different princes known by the same apellation , Pelasgus . The first dynasty of the Shepherd Kings of Egypt becoming extinct in the person of their sixth monarch , the changes which ensued ...
... established in Thessaly and Arcadia , by three different princes known by the same apellation , Pelasgus . The first dynasty of the Shepherd Kings of Egypt becoming extinct in the person of their sixth monarch , the changes which ensued ...
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... established to govern the people of Israel . Each city had its peculiar magistrates ( shoterim ) and ministers of justice , to the number of twenty - three . Their place of audience was at the gates of the cities , as being the most ...
... established to govern the people of Israel . Each city had its peculiar magistrates ( shoterim ) and ministers of justice , to the number of twenty - three . Their place of audience was at the gates of the cities , as being the most ...
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... established near the Euphrates . To these captives the Psalmist makes frequent allusion , particularly in the 137th Psalm , —an elegy intended to arouse the Israelites to the recovery of their unfortunate brethren . * In this reign ...
... established near the Euphrates . To these captives the Psalmist makes frequent allusion , particularly in the 137th Psalm , —an elegy intended to arouse the Israelites to the recovery of their unfortunate brethren . * In this reign ...
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... established themselves in Peloponnesus . The Eolians , at this time the most powerful tribe of Southern Greece , yielded to their irresistible progress . The Achæans , on their expulsion , deprived in turn the Ionians of their lands ...
... established themselves in Peloponnesus . The Eolians , at this time the most powerful tribe of Southern Greece , yielded to their irresistible progress . The Achæans , on their expulsion , deprived in turn the Ionians of their lands ...
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... established the rites of Baal so firmly in Israel , that the successors of Ahab were never able to eradicate them . GREECE . The former is the down to us , and The Iliad , an epic HOMER and HESIOD flourished about this period . most ...
... established the rites of Baal so firmly in Israel , that the successors of Ahab were never able to eradicate them . GREECE . The former is the down to us , and The Iliad , an epic HOMER and HESIOD flourished about this period . most ...
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account is given afterwards alliance ancient arms army Asia Austria authority barbarians battle became began bishop Bohemia Britain brother Cæsar caliph Carthage celebrated century character Charlemagne Charles chief Christian church colonies command commerce compelled conquest Constantinople contest council crown death declared defeated died Diocletian dominions Duke East Egypt elected emperor empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe expedition father favour Ferdinand fleet force formed France Frederick French Galerius Gaul Germany Greece Greek Henry honour hostilities Hungary imperial insurrection invaded invasion Italy John king kingdom latter laws Louis military monarch Naples nation nobles parliament party peace period perished persecution Persian Philip Poland Pompey Pope Portugal possession prince prisoner provinces Reformation reign religion religious restored revolt Roman Rome Russia senate Sicily soon sovereign Spain Spanish succeeded success successor Sweden Syria terminated territory Thrace throne tion took treaty troops Turks victory Visigoths
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Página 19 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Página 46 - First, Moloch, horrid King, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Página 128 - It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned tp everlasting infamy.
Página 513 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Página 111 - Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying, How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
Página 235 - An army marching under the emperor Otho I. was so terrified by an eclipse of the sun, which it conceived to announce this consummation, as to disperse hastily on all sides. As this notion...
Página 132 - ... to death. For these spectacles, Nero gave his own gardens; and at the same time exhibited there the diversions of the circus ; sometimes standing in the crowd as a spectator, in the habit of a charioteer, and at other times driving a chariot himself...
Página 154 - ... they would consecrate their services to the defence of the empire. How the declarations of this million of suppliants were kept, the reader will find detailed elsewhere. THE CHURCH. . The Christian religion, although severely persecuted, resembled the herb that flourishes best when most trodden upon. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church, and hence converts rapidly spread over the empire, and to the remotest parts of the world.