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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... place to that of the Babyloni- ans , this to the Empire of the Medes and Perfians , who at laft themselves yielded to the fuperior Force of the Macedonians , in their Turn fwallow'd up in the mighty Em- pire of Rome . I. The BUT it is ...
... place to that of the Babyloni- ans , this to the Empire of the Medes and Perfians , who at laft themselves yielded to the fuperior Force of the Macedonians , in their Turn fwallow'd up in the mighty Em- pire of Rome . I. The BUT it is ...
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... Place treated of them more at large . BUT another Object infinitely more con- cerning ought to draw our Attention . For principally though prophane Hiftory exhibits to us only the Connec a People abandon'd to all the Follies of a fu ...
... Place treated of them more at large . BUT another Object infinitely more con- cerning ought to draw our Attention . For principally though prophane Hiftory exhibits to us only the Connec a People abandon'd to all the Follies of a fu ...
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... the Difperfion of Men was by Od . no means the Effect of Chance , but that they were placed in the dif- ferent Countries by divine Provi- dence . 4 He mark'd out the Place deftin'd for their Ha- a He 3 The PREFACE . V.
... the Difperfion of Men was by Od . no means the Effect of Chance , but that they were placed in the dif- ferent Countries by divine Provi- dence . 4 He mark'd out the Place deftin'd for their Ha- a He 3 The PREFACE . V.
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Charles Rollin. 4 He mark'd out the Place deftin'd for their Ha- bitation , and deliver'd it into the Hands of a laborious People , who , by Cultivation and all manner of Embellishments , were to im- prove the future Inheritance of ...
Charles Rollin. 4 He mark'd out the Place deftin'd for their Ha- bitation , and deliver'd it into the Hands of a laborious People , who , by Cultivation and all manner of Embellishments , were to im- prove the future Inheritance of ...
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... Place was determin'd by a fupe- rior Will . God defign'd on the one hand to chastise the Pride of Ithobal her King , who believing himself more inlighten'd than Da- niel , fam'd over all the Eaft , and afcribing fingly to his own ...
... Place was determin'd by a fupe- rior Will . God defign'd on the one hand to chastise the Pride of Ithobal her King , who believing himself more inlighten'd than Da- niel , fam'd over all the Eaft , and afcribing fingly to his own ...
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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.