An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Tom 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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Strona xi
... letters , and the fame whom the Egyptians call Thoth , the Greeks Hermes , and the Latins Mercury . He wrote alfo the history of Egypt , and another book of the cof- mogony and theogony of the Phanicians . These works were tranflated ...
... letters , and the fame whom the Egyptians call Thoth , the Greeks Hermes , and the Latins Mercury . He wrote alfo the history of Egypt , and another book of the cof- mogony and theogony of the Phanicians . These works were tranflated ...
Strona xxvi
... letters to the Egyptian and Phænician kings , with their refpective anfwers . Eufebius alfo recites a fragment of the fame author , relating to the Jews " . ORPHEUS , furnamed the Librethian , was a Thracian , and is famous among the ...
... letters to the Egyptian and Phænician kings , with their refpective anfwers . Eufebius alfo recites a fragment of the fame author , relating to the Jews " . ORPHEUS , furnamed the Librethian , was a Thracian , and is famous among the ...
Strona xxix
... , and fome rays of truth to break out . Now , to anfwer the objection , we do not pretend to give any tolerable account of the first ages , from profane authors . In after - ages , when the ufe of letters In PREFACE . xxix.
... , and fome rays of truth to break out . Now , to anfwer the objection , we do not pretend to give any tolerable account of the first ages , from profane authors . In after - ages , when the ufe of letters In PREFACE . xxix.
Strona xxx
In after - ages , when the ufe of letters was introduced , poets , it is true , are faid to have been the firft hiftori- ans ; but we must not fuppofe whatever they wrote to be a mere fable ; their ground - work was often truth , though ...
In after - ages , when the ufe of letters was introduced , poets , it is true , are faid to have been the firft hiftori- ans ; but we must not fuppofe whatever they wrote to be a mere fable ; their ground - work was often truth , though ...
Strona xxxi
f chives , wherein they lodged letters , treaties , and other pieces , which might serve as evidences to pofterity . They also tranfmitted the memory of things by the in- ftitution of festivals , the building of cities , erecting of ...
f chives , wherein they lodged letters , treaties , and other pieces , which might serve as evidences to pofterity . They also tranfmitted the memory of things by the in- ftitution of festivals , the building of cities , erecting of ...
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Strona 140 - He created six ko-lau or Prime Ministers§ to assist him in governing his empire. He appointed a professor of music, whose duty was to explain the order and arrangement of the different tones. He taught the way of making flutes, fifes, and organs, trumpets that imitated the voice of the dragon, and drums that made the noise of thunder. He divided his country into principalities, in each of which he caused cities to be erected. He introduced the use of wheeled carriages, and the training of horses...
Strona xxiv - But curing Artaxerxes of a wound he received in the battle, he became a great favourite at the court of Persia, where he continued practising physic for 17 years, and was employed in several negotiations. He wrote the History of Persia...