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... formed , and laws agreed upon , which one individual was empowered to enforce . The first monarchies must have been very weak , and their ter- ritory extremely limited . The idea of security precedes that of conquest . In forming our ...
... formed , and laws agreed upon , which one individual was empowered to enforce . The first monarchies must have been very weak , and their ter- ritory extremely limited . The idea of security precedes that of conquest . In forming our ...
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... formed , whilst agriculture and the arts were pro- tected and encouraged . Towns were rebuilt , temples erected , and many of the monuments , which are still admired on the banks of the Nile , belong to this period . Of this number are ...
... formed , whilst agriculture and the arts were pro- tected and encouraged . Towns were rebuilt , temples erected , and many of the monuments , which are still admired on the banks of the Nile , belong to this period . Of this number are ...
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... formed as reservoirs to supply the deficiency , and canals to convey the water to the districts that required it . If the inundation reached the height of twenty - two feet , a rich harvest was expected ; because then all the fields had ...
... formed as reservoirs to supply the deficiency , and canals to convey the water to the districts that required it . If the inundation reached the height of twenty - two feet , a rich harvest was expected ; because then all the fields had ...
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... formed of large slabs of polished granite , extending from wall to wall . One chamber is 17 feet long , 14 feet wide , and 12 feet high ; and the largest , 37 feet long , 17 feet wide , and 20 feet high ; at the end of which stands a ...
... formed of large slabs of polished granite , extending from wall to wall . One chamber is 17 feet long , 14 feet wide , and 12 feet high ; and the largest , 37 feet long , 17 feet wide , and 20 feet high ; at the end of which stands a ...
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... formed . They entertained a singular attachment to ancient usages ; a dislike to innovation ; a jealousy and abhorrence of strangers- particularly of the neighbouring nomad or shepherd tribes , who had been their conquerors and ...
... formed . They entertained a singular attachment to ancient usages ; a dislike to innovation ; a jealousy and abhorrence of strangers- particularly of the neighbouring nomad or shepherd tribes , who had been their conquerors and ...
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Seite 30 - And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Seite 262 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Seite 664 - Commission is the expediency of encouraging the formation of partnerships en commandite, as they exist on the continent of Europe, and in the United States of America...
Seite 367 - marched thither in funeral procession, with black tapers in ' their hands. He himself followed in his shroud. He was ' laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the ' dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which ' were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears ' with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been
Seite 35 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Seite 262 - ... the sword of the enemy wearied with destroying had spared. The conquerors who first settled in the countries which they had wasted were expelled or exterminated by new invaders, who, coming from regions farther removed from the civilized parts of the world, were still more fierce and rapacious. This brought new calamities upon mankind, which...
Seite 659 - The Imperial Dictionary ; English, Technological, and Scientific; adapted to the present state of Literature, Science, and Art ; on the basis of Webster's English Dictionary...
Seite 465 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...
Seite 302 - No man shall be deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers and the law of the land.
Seite 515 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?