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... continued to the present time . The events which mark the separation between the First and Second periods , are the Irruption of the Barbarians , the consequent fall of the Western Empire , and the foundation of the modern European ...
... continued to the present time . The events which mark the separation between the First and Second periods , are the Irruption of the Barbarians , the consequent fall of the Western Empire , and the foundation of the modern European ...
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... continued struggle against feudalism . 5. The fifth is the romantic or heroic period of the Crusades , 1096-1273 , in which the Roman legal code , the foundation of great part of modern jurisprudence , began to be studied . 6. The sixth ...
... continued struggle against feudalism . 5. The fifth is the romantic or heroic period of the Crusades , 1096-1273 , in which the Roman legal code , the foundation of great part of modern jurisprudence , began to be studied . 6. The sixth ...
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... could not reduce , and where a native dynasty long continued to reign . They are said to have made Memphis their capital , and to have established a fortified camp at Abaris ( Pelusium ) , in the Saitic nome A 2 NINETEENTH CENTURY B. C. 9.
... could not reduce , and where a native dynasty long continued to reign . They are said to have made Memphis their capital , and to have established a fortified camp at Abaris ( Pelusium ) , in the Saitic nome A 2 NINETEENTH CENTURY B. C. 9.
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... continued heredi- tary , with only two interruptions , —the usurpation of Athaliah and foreign conquest . Rehoboam governed well during three years , and the true religion was maintained by the priests and Levites ; but he afterwards ...
... continued heredi- tary , with only two interruptions , —the usurpation of Athaliah and foreign conquest . Rehoboam governed well during three years , and the true religion was maintained by the priests and Levites ; but he afterwards ...
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... continued about 220 years , and was at last united to the vast empire of Persia . It has been thought , and not without sufficient reason , that the enter- prise of Belesis and Arbaces has been confounded with that of Nabopo- lassar and ...
... continued about 220 years , and was at last united to the vast empire of Persia . It has been thought , and not without sufficient reason , that the enter- prise of Belesis and Arbaces has been confounded with that of Nabopo- lassar and ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Africa afterwards Alexander ancient arms army Asia assassinated Assyrian Athenian Athens attacked Babylon barbarians battle became brother Cæsar caliph capital Carthage celebrated century Charlemagne chief Chosroes Christian church colonies command compelled conqueror conquest Constantine Constantinople consuls crown Cyaxares Cyrus Darius defeated destroyed died Diocletian dominions dynasty East Egypt Egyptian elected emperor empire endeavoured enemies Euphrates exile father favour fell formed founded France Gaul Germany Grecian Greece Greeks Herodotus honour inhabitants invaded invasion Israel Italy Jerusalem Jews Judæa Judah king kingdom laws Louis Macedon Medes military monarch murdered nation peace period perished persecution Persian Phoenicia Pompey Pope prince prison provinces Ptolemy put to death reign religion restored revolt rival Roman Rome ruins senate Sicily soldiers soon sovereign Spain Sparta succeeded success successor Syria temple Thirty Tyrants Thrace throne tion took tribes tribunes troops usurped victory Visigoths worship
Passagens conhecidas
Página 7 - 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 10 - In the division of the Promised Land, Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of this patriarch, ranked as heads of tribes, on an equality with the eleven sons of Jacob. GREECE. • Origin of the Greek Nations. The first settlers of Greece were lonians, a Pelasgic race, who derived their name from Javan (Heb. Ion,) son of Japhet. He is mentioned in Genesis as among those by whom the isles of the Gentiles were divided in their lands, and Greece is .called Javan several times in the sacred Scriptures. The Hellenes,...
Página 146 - 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 40 - 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 67 - God ; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Página 35 - ... whom his predecessor had honoured. Being influenced by his wife Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab, a princess as nearly allied to the infamous Jezebel in character as in blood, he imitated the impiety of the kings of Israel. To punish this apostasy, the Ammonites and Philistines...
Página 630 - ... army be decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule, and he discovered the true characteristic of genius, which, without despising rules, knows when and how to break them. He understood thoroughly the immense moral power, which is gained...
Página 226 - the Chosroes of Persia and the Caesar of Rome, but never did I behold a king among his subjects like Mahomet among his companions.
Página 307 - With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.