An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 |
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... foon drained off the waters , and thence is faid to have shot through the eagle which preyed on Prometheus's heart ; for the fuddennefs of this flood was compared to the flight of an eagle , and the river from thence was fometimes ...
... foon drained off the waters , and thence is faid to have shot through the eagle which preyed on Prometheus's heart ; for the fuddennefs of this flood was compared to the flight of an eagle , and the river from thence was fometimes ...
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... foon after the Ifraelites came into Egypt . He thinks Jofephus means her by the name of Nic - aule , queen of Egypt and Ethiopia ; but that he is mistaken , in fuppofing the Nitocris of Herodotus to be the queen who visited Solomon ...
... foon after the Ifraelites came into Egypt . He thinks Jofephus means her by the name of Nic - aule , queen of Egypt and Ethiopia ; but that he is mistaken , in fuppofing the Nitocris of Herodotus to be the queen who visited Solomon ...
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... foon after the death of Reho- boam , and therefore must have followed him near enough to have had perfect information and fresh records of the deeds of Sefaftris : befides Afia Minor at that time was all Greek , by the Eolic and Ionic ...
... foon after the death of Reho- boam , and therefore must have followed him near enough to have had perfect information and fresh records of the deeds of Sefaftris : befides Afia Minor at that time was all Greek , by the Eolic and Ionic ...
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... foon after , and whilft the fame and power of this monarchy muft have fubfifted . In a word , Perizonius prefers the Afiatic before the European Greeks , as to what concerns the remembrance of antient mat- ters ; and proves that the ...
... foon after , and whilft the fame and power of this monarchy muft have fubfifted . In a word , Perizonius prefers the Afiatic before the European Greeks , as to what concerns the remembrance of antient mat- ters ; and proves that the ...
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... foon after , the birth of Moses ; I mean , when he called together , and educated with his fon " Sefoftris , no fewer than ❝ seventeen hundred boys " ( 18 ) , or all the male children " that were born in Egypt " the fame day with him ...
... foon after , the birth of Moses ; I mean , when he called together , and educated with his fon " Sefoftris , no fewer than ❝ seventeen hundred boys " ( 18 ) , or all the male children " that were born in Egypt " the fame day with him ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 372 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of the valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey...
Seite 75 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Seite 248 - Flemifo wall ; and yet it is no uncommon thing to fee the gates and doors adorned with marble portals, carved and inlaid with great beauty and variety...
Seite 437 - Calvary, and runs down to an unknown depth in the earth. That this rent was made by the earthquake that happened at our Lord's Passion there is only tradition to prove ; but that it is a natural and genuine breach, and not counterfeited by any art, the sense and reason of every one that...
Seite 427 - This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width...
Seite 353 - ... this great and holy work, he hath left it to me, in time of peace, both to begin and finish it, according to the direction, as well as the prediction, of Almighty God. Blessed be His great name for the present tranquilityof my dominions! and by His gracious...
Seite 332 - If I beheld the Sun when it Jhined, or the Moon walking in brightnefs ; And my Heart hath been fecretly enticed, OR MY MOUTH HATH KISSED MY HAND: This alfo were an Iniquity to be puniJhed by the Judge; for I Jhould have denied the God that is above,"* One Brother they had, to whom * Job xxxi.
Seite 263 - ... in length, carved with vines and clusters of grapes, exceeding bold, and to the life. They are both in their right places, and by them it appears, that the door or gate was fifteen feet wide. In this great court are the remains of two rows of very noble marble pillars thirty.seven feet high with capitals of the finest carved work ; and the cornices must have been of equal beauty, though quite destroyed by the relentless su.
Seite 227 - Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him ? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Seite 461 - ... and is kept in good * repair, by the generous offerings of a conftant concourfe * of pilgrims, who annually refort to it, as well as the contributions of feveral Chriftian princes.