The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen1Pub. and sold by Etheridge and Bliss, 1887 |
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... thoughts of princes , their incoherent projects , their foolish pride , their impious and cruel ambition . They reveal the true causes and hidden springs of victories and overthrows ; of the grandeur and declension of nations ; the rise ...
... thoughts of princes , their incoherent projects , their foolish pride , their impious and cruel ambition . They reveal the true causes and hidden springs of victories and overthrows ; of the grandeur and declension of nations ; the rise ...
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... thought themselves kings of the sea , and sovereigns over crowned heads ; and especially , that inhuman joy of the Tyrians , in their looking upon the fall of Jerusalem ( the rival of Tyre ) as their grandeur . These were the motives ...
... thought themselves kings of the sea , and sovereigns over crowned heads ; and especially , that inhuman joy of the Tyrians , in their looking upon the fall of Jerusalem ( the rival of Tyre ) as their grandeur . These were the motives ...
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... thought fit to establish between the rest of the nations of the earth , and his own peculiar people . The same truth appears as conspicuously under the kings of Syria and Egypt , successors of Alexander the Great ; between whose history ...
... thought fit to establish between the rest of the nations of the earth , and his own peculiar people . The same truth appears as conspicuously under the kings of Syria and Egypt , successors of Alexander the Great ; between whose history ...
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... thought or expression that could contribute to incul- cate false or dangerous principles . When I first set about writing the present history , I proposed this for my maxim , the importance of which I perfectly con- ceive , but am far ...
... thought or expression that could contribute to incul- cate false or dangerous principles . When I first set about writing the present history , I proposed this for my maxim , the importance of which I perfectly con- ceive , but am far ...
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... thought too long : but I was afraid of spoiling the incidents , by being too studious of brevity . However , the taste of the public shall be my guide , to which I shall endeavour to conform here- after . I was so happy as not to ...
... thought too long : but I was afraid of spoiling the incidents , by being too studious of brevity . However , the taste of the public shall be my guide , to which I shall endeavour to conform here- after . I was so happy as not to ...
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Página 115 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Página 7 - I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13. For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent...
Página 85 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Página 10 - 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...
Página 72 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 18 - Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Página 115 - 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!
Página 99 - 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.
Página 119 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it.
Página 9 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.