The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians, Volume 1G. Long, 1830 |
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... Senate , 150 153 153 154 The People , 154 The Tribunal of the Hundred , 154 Defects in the Government of Carthage , 155 Sect . IV . Trade of Carthage , the first source of its Wealth and Power , -V . The Mines of Spain , the second ...
... Senate , 150 153 153 154 The People , 154 The Tribunal of the Hundred , 154 Defects in the Government of Carthage , 155 Sect . IV . Trade of Carthage , the first source of its Wealth and Power , -V . The Mines of Spain , the second ...
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... Senate , Institution.1 . 2. The division of the Lands , and the prohibition of Gold -4 . Other Ordinances , Reflections upon the Government of Sparta , and upon the Laws of Ly- curgus , I. Things commendable in the Laws of Lycurgus ...
... Senate , Institution.1 . 2. The division of the Lands , and the prohibition of Gold -4 . Other Ordinances , Reflections upon the Government of Sparta , and upon the Laws of Ly- curgus , I. Things commendable in the Laws of Lycurgus ...
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... senate of watchful spirits is formed , who weigh , in the balance of truth , the actions of kings , and pro- nounce upon them a sentence from which there lies no appeal . The king of Babylon is cited before this tribunal , in which ...
... senate of watchful spirits is formed , who weigh , in the balance of truth , the actions of kings , and pro- nounce upon them a sentence from which there lies no appeal . The king of Babylon is cited before this tribunal , in which ...
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... senators ; in a word , the inost powerful and most learned nations in all ages ; to see , I say , all these so unaccountably weak as to make the decision of the greatest affairs , such as the declaring war , the giving battle , or ...
... senators ; in a word , the inost powerful and most learned nations in all ages ; to see , I say , all these so unaccountably weak as to make the decision of the greatest affairs , such as the declaring war , the giving battle , or ...
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... senate , being dictated with no other view than to promote the general welfare , con- certed with such children as were come to years of maturity , and accepted by the inferiors with a full and free consent , were religiously kept and ...
... senate , being dictated with no other view than to promote the general welfare , con- certed with such children as were come to years of maturity , and accepted by the inferiors with a full and free consent , were religiously kept and ...
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Page 348 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Page 349 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 104 - 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 289 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 350 - After this I saw in the night visions and behold a fourth beast dreadful and terrible and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth, it devoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it and it had ten horns.
Page 350 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them ; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Page 141 - WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help ; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many ; and in horsemen, because they are very strong ; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD...
Page 289 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 339 - Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this ; but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of Heaven, and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concuhines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified...
Page 339 - This is the interpretation of the thing : MENE ; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL ; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES ; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.