The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volume 1James, John and Paul Knapton, 1734 |
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... March after the Passage of the Rhone The Paffage over the Alps The Entrance into Italy The Fight of the Horfe near the Tefin The Battle of Trebia The Battle of Thrafy menus 243 245 249 250 254 259 Hannibal's Conduct with regard to ...
... March after the Passage of the Rhone The Paffage over the Alps The Entrance into Italy The Fight of the Horfe near the Tefin The Battle of Trebia The Battle of Thrafy menus 243 245 249 250 254 259 Hannibal's Conduct with regard to ...
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... march'd be- fore them . 4 . THE Rapidity of their Conquefts might have given them fome Intimation of the in- vifible Hand by which they were conducted . Sennachar . But , fays one of ' em in the Name of all the Edem , c . reft , 66 By ...
... march'd be- fore them . 4 . THE Rapidity of their Conquefts might have given them fome Intimation of the in- vifible Hand by which they were conducted . Sennachar . But , fays one of ' em in the Name of all the Edem , c . reft , 66 By ...
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... March and April . As THE fame land bears , in one year , three or four different kinds of crops . Lettices and cucumbers are fown first ; then corn ; and , after harvest , seve- ral forts of pulfe which are peculiar to Egypt . the fun ...
... March and April . As THE fame land bears , in one year , three or four different kinds of crops . Lettices and cucumbers are fown first ; then corn ; and , after harvest , seve- ral forts of pulfe which are peculiar to Egypt . the fun ...
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... March . Words could never exprefs how rich their pastures are ; and how fat the flocks and herds , ( which , by reafon of the mildness of the air , are out night and day ) grow in a very little time . During the inunda- tion of the Nile ...
... March . Words could never exprefs how rich their pastures are ; and how fat the flocks and herds , ( which , by reafon of the mildness of the air , are out night and day ) grow in a very little time . During the inunda- tion of the Nile ...
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... . 9. call'd down by Mofes upon Egypt , was the deftructi- on of all the flax which was then bolled . This ftorm was in March . 31 . 3 BYSSUS . A BYSSUS . THIS was another kind of flax extreamly 62 The MANNERS and CUSTOMS.
... . 9. call'd down by Mofes upon Egypt , was the deftructi- on of all the flax which was then bolled . This ftorm was in March . 31 . 3 BYSSUS . A BYSSUS . THIS was another kind of flax extreamly 62 The MANNERS and CUSTOMS.
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Afdrubal Affiftance Africk againſt Agathocles almoſt Amilcar ancient Army Battle becauſe befides call'd Carthage Carthaginians caufed Chrift City Coafts confequently confiderable Conquefts cou'd Country Cuftom Defign defirous Diod Diodorus Egypt Egyptians Enemy Ethiopia faid fame fays fecond fecure feems feen felf fenfible fent feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fmall fome foon form'd fpeak ftill fubjects fuch Gauls gave Gods greateſt Hannibal Herod Herodotus Hiftory himſelf Honour Horfe hundred inundation itſelf juft Juftice Jugurtha King kingdom laft lands lefs likewife Lilybæum Livy loft Mafiniffa Mafters moft moſt Nations neceffary Nile Number obferved Occafion Paffage perfon Place Polyb Polybius prefent Prince publick puniſhed Purpoſe pyramids raiſe reafon receiv'd Refolution reft Republick Romans Rome Scipio Senate Sicily Siege Soldiers Spain Strabo Succefs Syphax Syracufe temples thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion Troops uſed Victory whofe wou'd
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Page 88 - Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, "Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O Lord our God ; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Page 22 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 107 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 49 - Egyptian language ; and this first gave the hint to Orpheus, who had been in Egypt, and after him, to the other Greeks, to invent the fiction of Charon's boat. As soon as a man was dead, he was brought to his trial. The public accuser was heard. If he proved that the deceased had led a bad life, his memory was condemned, and he was deprived of burial. The people...
Page 88 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Page 46 - ... having changed the glory of the incorruptible God, into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 22 - ... visible ; all which forms a delightful prospect. This view is bounded by mountains and woods, which terminate, at the utmost distance the eye can discover, the most beautiful horizon that can be imagined. On the contrary, in winter, that is to say, in the months of January and February, the whole country is like one continued scene of beautiful meadows, whose verdure, enamelled with flowers, charms the eye.
Page 105 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
Page viii - I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man : and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people ; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Page 23 - ... on every side, flocks and herds dispersed over all the plains, with infinite numbers of husbandmen and gardeners. The air is then perfumed by the great quantity of blossoms on the orange, lemon, and other trees; and is so pure, that a wholesomer or more agreeable is not found in the world; so that nature, being then dead, as it were, in all other climates, seems to be alive only for so delightful an abode.