A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... changed the whole face of the country . Probably they had already built some of the great pyramids ; for we see that the art of embalm- ing the dead was in a short time afterwards brought to perfection ; and the pyramids were only the ...
... changed the whole face of the country . Probably they had already built some of the great pyramids ; for we see that the art of embalm- ing the dead was in a short time afterwards brought to perfection ; and the pyramids were only the ...
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... changed or weakened , either by Mahometan interpreters or by new decrees . poets of Mecca were hostile to Mahomet , but above all the doctors . These raised the magistracy against him ; and a warrant was issued for his apprehension as ...
... changed or weakened , either by Mahometan interpreters or by new decrees . poets of Mecca were hostile to Mahomet , but above all the doctors . These raised the magistracy against him ; and a warrant was issued for his apprehension as ...
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... changed the face of part of Europe , one half of Asia , and nearly all Africa ; nor was his religion unlikely , at one time , to subjugate the whole earth . * On how trivial a circumstance will revolutions sometimes de- pend ! A blow ...
... changed the face of part of Europe , one half of Asia , and nearly all Africa ; nor was his religion unlikely , at one time , to subjugate the whole earth . * On how trivial a circumstance will revolutions sometimes de- pend ! A blow ...
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... three battles ; that his genius was as great as his valour ; that he changed the face of Asia , Greece , and Egypt , and gave a new direction to the commerce of the world ; and that Boileau should have 82 ALEXANDER .
... three battles ; that his genius was as great as his valour ; that he changed the face of Asia , Greece , and Egypt , and gave a new direction to the commerce of the world ; and that Boileau should have 82 ALEXANDER .
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... changed , and which had been changed several times before Alexander . The Alexandrians were remarkable , under all their successive dominations , for industry united with levity ; for love of novelty , accompanied by a close application ...
... changed , and which had been changed several times before Alexander . The Alexandrians were remarkable , under all their successive dominations , for industry united with levity ; for love of novelty , accompanied by a close application ...
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Page 368 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 221 - Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Page 24 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 183 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 22 - And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife : and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : that it may be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Page 231 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 124 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 153 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 290 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 124 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.