Parallel Universal History: Being an Outline of the History and Biography of the World, Divided Into PeriodsWhittaker, 1838 - 654 pages |
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... events with the finger of truth , if indeed we except opinions upon those events . Such opinions as have been offered in this book must be regarded , not as resulting from the author's wish to dogmatize , but from his sincere desire to ...
... events with the finger of truth , if indeed we except opinions upon those events . Such opinions as have been offered in this book must be regarded , not as resulting from the author's wish to dogmatize , but from his sincere desire to ...
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... events of all time , must necessarily afford but a skeleton of Universal History . That skeleton , however , the diligent scholar may beneficially exercise himself in filling up ; and it is gra- tifying to the author to state that ...
... events of all time , must necessarily afford but a skeleton of Universal History . That skeleton , however , the diligent scholar may beneficially exercise himself in filling up ; and it is gra- tifying to the author to state that ...
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... EVENTS . The Deluge , 2348 , took place , in consequence. The Creation began 4004 years be- fore Christ , and occupied six days . On the first , light was made ; on the second , the air and clouds , or firma- ment ; on the third , the ...
... EVENTS . The Deluge , 2348 , took place , in consequence. The Creation began 4004 years be- fore Christ , and occupied six days . On the first , light was made ; on the second , the air and clouds , or firma- ment ; on the third , the ...
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... EVENTS . Tithes were instituted by Moses , about 1460. As the priests and Le- vites had no share in the division of the land , beyond a number of cities , they were supported by the tithe or tenth part of the produce of the lands this ...
... EVENTS . Tithes were instituted by Moses , about 1460. As the priests and Le- vites had no share in the division of the land , beyond a number of cities , they were supported by the tithe or tenth part of the produce of the lands this ...
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... events , and messenger of Jupiter ; 6. Apollo and of remembering the past : hence or Phoebus , god of the sun , and of the he was double - faced ; 3. Pluto , god of fine arts . The island of Delos , one of the infernal regions ; 4 ...
... events , and messenger of Jupiter ; 6. Apollo and of remembering the past : hence or Phoebus , god of the sun , and of the he was double - faced ; 3. Pluto , god of fine arts . The island of Delos , one of the infernal regions ; 4 ...
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Page 67 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Page 67 - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring ; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Page 29 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Page 493 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Page 34 - Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets ; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver and two changes of garments.
Page 34 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 493 - No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. But hark that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm! arm! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain: he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear...
Page 348 - At these words the child looked very steadfastly upon him. " Mark, child ! what I say ; they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a king ; but mark what I say, thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads when they can catch them. And thy head, too, they will cut off at last. Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them.
Page 34 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 538 - Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick.