History of the Egyptians: From Rollin and Other Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and ModernReligious Tract Society, 1841 - 116 pages |
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... Ptolemy Lagus 64 Ptolemy Philadelphus 66 PERSIAN DOMINATION . Ptolemy Euergetes 72 ................... Ptolemy Philopater 74 From B.C. 538 to B.C. 413 . Ptolemy Epiphanes 78 Psammenitus .............. 58 Ptolemy Philometer ...
... Ptolemy Lagus 64 Ptolemy Philadelphus 66 PERSIAN DOMINATION . Ptolemy Euergetes 72 ................... Ptolemy Philopater 74 From B.C. 538 to B.C. 413 . Ptolemy Epiphanes 78 Psammenitus .............. 58 Ptolemy Philometer ...
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... Ptolemy Philadelphus , marrying his daughter Berenice to Antiochus king of Syria , sent her water from the Nile , which alone she could drink , ( Athenĉus ; ) that the kings of Persia sent for the waters of the Nile and sal ammoniac ...
... Ptolemy Philadelphus , marrying his daughter Berenice to Antiochus king of Syria , sent her water from the Nile , which alone she could drink , ( Athenĉus ; ) that the kings of Persia sent for the waters of the Nile and sal ammoniac ...
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... Ptolemy Lagus , they amounted to upwards of 30,000 , a number which remained even at the period when he wrote , about 44 years B.C. , when the population of Egypt was reduced from seventeen to thirteen millions of inhabitants ...
... Ptolemy Lagus , they amounted to upwards of 30,000 , a number which remained even at the period when he wrote , about 44 years B.C. , when the population of Egypt was reduced from seventeen to thirteen millions of inhabitants ...
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... Ptolemy Lathyrus , and it endured a three years ' siege before it was taken and plundered . It was again punished for rebellion by Gallus , in the reign of Augustus ; after which the zeal of the early Christians led them to deface and ...
... Ptolemy Lathyrus , and it endured a three years ' siege before it was taken and plundered . It was again punished for rebellion by Gallus , in the reign of Augustus ; after which the zeal of the early Christians led them to deface and ...
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... Ptolemies , the Romans , and the Arabians , which are still seen on and around the site of the old town . The town Assouan ... Ptolemy Philadelphus , the height of which , report says , was 400 feet . The point opposite to the Pharos was ...
... Ptolemies , the Romans , and the Arabians , which are still seen on and around the site of the old town . The town Assouan ... Ptolemy Philadelphus , the height of which , report says , was 400 feet . The point opposite to the Pharos was ...
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Page 34 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 43 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 30 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Page 2 - 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 87 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Page 61 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 62 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 54 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 5 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...