The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volume 1H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 - Europe |
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... ubi sup . 8. Hist . Gen. des Voyages , passim . If savage man any where ap- pears in a state of degradation , it is in the extreme regions of the north , or toward the south pole ; where the rigour of the climate checks the principle of ...
... ubi sup . 8. Hist . Gen. des Voyages , passim . If savage man any where ap- pears in a state of degradation , it is in the extreme regions of the north , or toward the south pole ; where the rigour of the climate checks the principle of ...
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... ubi sup . ) Nor was this the only purpose these canals served : they prevented the lands from being deluged by the overflowing of the Euphrates ; which was annually swelled , in the beginning of summer , by the melting of snows on the ...
... ubi sup . ) Nor was this the only purpose these canals served : they prevented the lands from being deluged by the overflowing of the Euphrates ; which was annually swelled , in the beginning of summer , by the melting of snows on the ...
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... sup . cit . The building of the former of those ci- ties is , by Diodorous and Strabo , ascribed to Ninus , the first Assy- rian emperor ; and that of the latter to his widow , Semiramis . ( Diod . Sicul . et Strabo , ubi sup . ) But we ...
... sup . cit . The building of the former of those ci- ties is , by Diodorous and Strabo , ascribed to Ninus , the first Assy- rian emperor ; and that of the latter to his widow , Semiramis . ( Diod . Sicul . et Strabo , ubi sup . ) But we ...
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... ubi sup . 57. Nicol . Damasc . ap . Vales . Excerpt . 58. Diod . Sic . lib . ii . p . 108 . 59. Herodotus affirms , that the Assyrian empire had subsisted five hundred and twenty years , before any of the subject nations recovered their ...
... ubi sup . 57. Nicol . Damasc . ap . Vales . Excerpt . 58. Diod . Sic . lib . ii . p . 108 . 59. Herodotus affirms , that the Assyrian empire had subsisted five hundred and twenty years , before any of the subject nations recovered their ...
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... ubi sup . and Pliny , lib . xxi . cap . xv . 100. Idem . ibid . This fine country , about six hundred miles in length , and near three hundred at its greatest breadth , is divided by geographers into Higher , Lower , and Middle Egypt ...
... ubi sup . and Pliny , lib . xxi . cap . xv . 100. Idem . ibid . This fine country , about six hundred miles in length , and near three hundred at its greatest breadth , is divided by geographers into Higher , Lower , and Middle Egypt ...
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Page 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 400 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 130 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Page 130 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 400 - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together; the floods stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Page 129 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 402 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 402 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 400 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Page 400 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.