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... Rome in wealth and literature , and the chief commercial city on the globe . [ See the brief descrip- tion of Alexandria in the Pocket Biblical Dictionary . ] Have we not , therefore , a remarkable manifestation of the wisdom and benevo ...
... Rome in wealth and literature , and the chief commercial city on the globe . [ See the brief descrip- tion of Alexandria in the Pocket Biblical Dictionary . ] Have we not , therefore , a remarkable manifestation of the wisdom and benevo ...
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... Rome , and not con- clude that , on the whole , it was most salutary . The government of both was , indeed , despotic and oppressive , and the multitude were often subjected to many and great sufferings ; but the mental con- dition of ...
... Rome , and not con- clude that , on the whole , it was most salutary . The government of both was , indeed , despotic and oppressive , and the multitude were often subjected to many and great sufferings ; but the mental con- dition of ...
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... Rome in the time of Cato the Censor , that intelligent and virtuous person declaimed against the study of philo- sophy , from the apprehension that it would induce effeminacy , and destroy the fortitude , intrepidity , and austere ...
... Rome in the time of Cato the Censor , that intelligent and virtuous person declaimed against the study of philo- sophy , from the apprehension that it would induce effeminacy , and destroy the fortitude , intrepidity , and austere ...
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... Rome , when he was deprived of the co - operation of Philip , king of Macedon . For though the peace which he had made with the Ro- mans had been broken , yet he was compelled to acquiesce in another more humiliating to him , 198 B.C. ...
... Rome , when he was deprived of the co - operation of Philip , king of Macedon . For though the peace which he had made with the Ro- mans had been broken , yet he was compelled to acquiesce in another more humiliating to him , 198 B.C. ...
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... Rome reached him , he had passed the Hellespont to Europe , and conquered the Thracian Chersonesus , which he proposed to con- stitute the nucleus of a kingdom to his second son , Seleucus , and to make Lysimachia its capital . He ...
... Rome reached him , he had passed the Hellespont to Europe , and conquered the Thracian Chersonesus , which he proposed to con- stitute the nucleus of a kingdom to his second son , Seleucus , and to make Lysimachia its capital . He ...
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Page 387 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance; and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 45 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be meat in mine house, And prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, And pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, And he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground ; Neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 235 - And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men ; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Page 235 - Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Page 387 - And think not to say within yourselves. We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Page 408 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 388 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 235 - And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron : forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things : and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters...
Page 387 - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come...
Page 408 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself ; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.