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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... ships on the Mediterranean before the reign of Psammitichus . 442. Strabo , lib . xvi . p . 757 . 443. Id . ibid . 444. The Arundelian or Oxford marbles , commonly called the Pu- rian Chronicle ( Epoch vii . ) , place the arrival of ...
... ships on the Mediterranean before the reign of Psammitichus . 442. Strabo , lib . xvi . p . 757 . 443. Id . ibid . 444. The Arundelian or Oxford marbles , commonly called the Pu- rian Chronicle ( Epoch vii . ) , place the arrival of ...
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... ships , having chosen no common leader , nor digested any regular plan of defence , though they knew the Hebrews had been long hovering on their frontier , several of those petty kingdoms , on both sides Jordan , were subdued , and the ...
... ships , having chosen no common leader , nor digested any regular plan of defence , though they knew the Hebrews had been long hovering on their frontier , several of those petty kingdoms , on both sides Jordan , were subdued , and the ...
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... ship of God , and to the trespasses connected with that worship and its various ceremonies , the official authori- ty of the Hebrew priests and levites was confined 5o4 . They had no concern in secular affairs ; in the admi- nistration ...
... ship of God , and to the trespasses connected with that worship and its various ceremonies , the official authori- ty of the Hebrew priests and levites was confined 5o4 . They had no concern in secular affairs ; in the admi- nistration ...
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... ship of ONE God , in a land where idolatrous supersti- tion had given birth to every crime that can disgrace human nature 53 . The author of the Divine Legation , however , en- deavours to prove , that the Hebrews did not believe in a ...
... ship of ONE God , in a land where idolatrous supersti- tion had given birth to every crime that can disgrace human nature 53 . The author of the Divine Legation , however , en- deavours to prove , that the Hebrews did not believe in a ...
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... ship , named Argo , was ac- cordingly built in the port of Iolcus , at the foot of Ant . Chr . mount Pelion in Thessaly , and more completely equip- ped than any former Grecian vessel ; that Jason , the 98. See on this intricate subject ...
... ship , named Argo , was ac- cordingly built in the port of Iolcus , at the foot of Ant . Chr . mount Pelion in Thessaly , and more completely equip- ped than any former Grecian vessel ; that Jason , the 98. See on this intricate subject ...
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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.