An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 |
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... judges of Ifrael , Deborah then prefiding over that people * . FROM the plans of these two great men , feveral other chronological writers have formed fyftems of their own , differing , in some respects , from them , as well as from ...
... judges of Ifrael , Deborah then prefiding over that people * . FROM the plans of these two great men , feveral other chronological writers have formed fyftems of their own , differing , in some respects , from them , as well as from ...
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... judg- ment , as Jofephus , Plutarch , Porphyry , and Eufebius , looked on him as a writer whofe authority was to be de- pended on ; and the curious fragment tranfcribed from him by Jofephus , before his copies had been corrupted , seems ...
... judg- ment , as Jofephus , Plutarch , Porphyry , and Eufebius , looked on him as a writer whofe authority was to be de- pended on ; and the curious fragment tranfcribed from him by Jofephus , before his copies had been corrupted , seems ...
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... judges hearing the causes . These laft , to the num- ber of thirty , were carved on one fide , with their prefident in the midst of them , at whofe neck hung an image , with its eyes fhut , to reprefent truth , and with many books about ...
... judges hearing the causes . These laft , to the num- ber of thirty , were carved on one fide , with their prefident in the midst of them , at whofe neck hung an image , with its eyes fhut , to reprefent truth , and with many books about ...
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... judges ought to be proof against bribery , and refpect nothing but truth and equity . Next was a gallery or walk , in which were apart- ments ftored with the most delicious eatables . Here the king was moft curioufly wrought , and ...
... judges ought to be proof against bribery , and refpect nothing but truth and equity . Next was a gallery or walk , in which were apart- ments ftored with the most delicious eatables . Here the king was moft curioufly wrought , and ...
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... judges . But , con- tinues he , it may be objected , that there is not the leaft men- tion made of Sefoftris , and what he did , in holy writ . To this he answers , that the Ifraelites , when Sefoftris came into Pale- fine , were under ...
... judges . But , con- tinues he , it may be objected , that there is not the leaft men- tion made of Sefoftris , and what he did , in holy writ . To this he answers , that the Ifraelites , when Sefoftris came into Pale- fine , were under ...
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Page 372 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of the valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey...
Page 75 - ... 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 248 - Flemifo wall ; and yet it is no uncommon thing to fee the gates and doors adorned with marble portals, carved and inlaid with great beauty and variety...
Page 437 - Calvary, and runs down to an unknown depth in the earth. That this rent was made by the earthquake that happened at our Lord's Passion there is only tradition to prove ; but that it is a natural and genuine breach, and not counterfeited by any art, the sense and reason of every one that...
Page 427 - This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width...
Page 353 - ... this great and holy work, he hath left it to me, in time of peace, both to begin and finish it, according to the direction, as well as the prediction, of Almighty God. Blessed be His great name for the present tranquilityof my dominions! and by His gracious...
Page 332 - If I beheld the Sun when it Jhined, or the Moon walking in brightnefs ; And my Heart hath been fecretly enticed, OR MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND: This alfo were an Iniquity to be puniJhed by the Judge; for I Jhould have denied the God that is above,"* One Brother they had, to whom * Job xxxi.
Page 263 - ... in length, carved with vines and clusters of grapes, exceeding bold, and to the life. They are both in their right places, and by them it appears, that the door or gate was fifteen feet wide. In this great court are the remains of two rows of very noble marble pillars thirty.seven feet high with capitals of the finest carved work ; and the cornices must have been of equal beauty, though quite destroyed by the relentless su.
Page 227 - Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him ? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Page 461 - ... and is kept in good * repair, by the generous offerings of a conftant concourfe * of pilgrims, who annually refort to it, as well as the contributions of feveral Chriftian princes.