The Wonders of History: Comprising Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Feats of Arms, and Instances of Courage, Ability, and Magnanimity, Occurring in the Annals of the World, from the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeNafia and Cornish, 1844 - 567 pages |
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... cause , enrolled an army of thirty thousand men , and intrusted the chief garrisons of the country to their care . Syria and Judæa did not escape the dreadful anarchy which ensued during the destructive warfare waged by the generals and ...
... cause , enrolled an army of thirty thousand men , and intrusted the chief garrisons of the country to their care . Syria and Judæa did not escape the dreadful anarchy which ensued during the destructive warfare waged by the generals and ...
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... cause , he issued a decree highly favour- able to the whole nation . Antiochus afterward bestowed Colesyria and Judæa as the dowry of his daughter , Cleo- patra , on the young king of Egypt , Ptolemy Epiphanes . Still , however , the ...
... cause , he issued a decree highly favour- able to the whole nation . Antiochus afterward bestowed Colesyria and Judæa as the dowry of his daughter , Cleo- patra , on the young king of Egypt , Ptolemy Epiphanes . Still , however , the ...
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... cause of their country and their God . In Modin , a town on an eminence commanding a view of the sea , the exact site of which is unknown , lived Matta- thias , a man of the priestly line of Joarib , himself advanced in years , but with ...
... cause of their country and their God . In Modin , a town on an eminence commanding a view of the sea , the exact site of which is unknown , lived Matta- thias , a man of the priestly line of Joarib , himself advanced in years , but with ...
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... cause , it lost nothing in prudence and discretion . Judas unfolded the banner of the Maccabees , a name of which the derivation is uncertain . Some assert that it was formed from the concluding letters of a sentence in the eleventh ...
... cause , it lost nothing in prudence and discretion . Judas unfolded the banner of the Maccabees , a name of which the derivation is uncertain . Some assert that it was formed from the concluding letters of a sentence in the eleventh ...
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... surpassed the most able of the Maccabees in accomplishing a great end with inade- quate means - none ever united more generous valour with a better cause . POMPEY THE GREAT IN THEMPLE AT JERUSALEM . UR nex 54 WONDERS OF HISTORY .
... surpassed the most able of the Maccabees in accomplishing a great end with inade- quate means - none ever united more generous valour with a better cause . POMPEY THE GREAT IN THEMPLE AT JERUSALEM . UR nex 54 WONDERS OF HISTORY .
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Page 99 - The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter...
Page 379 - how goes the day with us?" "Very well," replied Hardy; "ten ships have struck, but five of the van have tacked, and show an intention to bear down upon the Victory. I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck?" Hardy answered, "There was no fear of that.
Page 379 - as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried : " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? He must be killed ! He is surely dead!
Page 341 - So he stood and listened ; and by and by, as the cry of the hound came nearer, he began to hear a trampling of horses, and the voices of men, and the ringing and clattering of armour, and then he was sure the enemy were coming to the river side.
Page 379 - ... the cockpit, returned; and, again taking the hand of his dying friend and commander, congratulated him on having gained a complete victory. How many of the enemy were taken he did not know, as it was impossible to perceive them distinctly; but fourteen or fifteen at least." That's well," cried Nelson, " but I bargained for twenty." And then in a stronger voice, he said: "Anchor, Hardy, anchor.
Page 336 - ... the most active and successful in procuring for the unfortunate ladies such supplies, as his dexterity in fishing or in killing deer could furnish to them. Driven from one place in the Highlands to another, starved out of some districts, and forced from others by the opposition of the inhabitants, Bruce attempted to force his way into Lorn ; but he found enemies every where.
Page 481 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 336 - The Bruce's wife, now Queen of Scotland, with several other ladies, accompanied her husband and his few followers during their wanderings. There was no other way of providing for them save by hunting and fishing. It was remarked...
Page 335 - Buchan, though without the consent either of her brother or husband. A few barons, whose names ought to be dear to their country, joined Bruce in his attempt to vindicate the independence of Scotland.
Page 170 - Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers, Becomes herself harmonious : wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspir'd delight : her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.