The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Tom 2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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Strona 33
... never was 66 any city equal to thee . Thy commerce enriched " the nations , and the kings of the earth . Thou wast " the queen of the ocean : and thy seafaring men 66 were the terror of all that haunt it147 , " 147. Ezekiel , chap ...
... never was 66 any city equal to thee . Thy commerce enriched " the nations , and the kings of the earth . Thou wast " the queen of the ocean : and thy seafaring men 66 were the terror of all that haunt it147 , " 147. Ezekiel , chap ...
Strona 52
... that conversation , as I have endeavoured to shew , never did , or could take place . 206. Xenoph . ubi sup . 207. Herodot . lib . i . Herodot . lib . i . 208. Id . ibid . Of IX . I Of all the Grecian cities in Asia 52 THE HISTORY OF.
... that conversation , as I have endeavoured to shew , never did , or could take place . 206. Xenoph . ubi sup . 207. Herodot . lib . i . Herodot . lib . i . 208. Id . ibid . Of IX . I Of all the Grecian cities in Asia 52 THE HISTORY OF.
Strona 71
... never injured him , dismissed them con- temptuously with the present of a bow , which he drew , and unbended in their presence , and desired them to deliver to their master4 . " And tell the " king of Persia , " added he , " that the ...
... never injured him , dismissed them con- temptuously with the present of a bow , which he drew , and unbended in their presence , and desired them to deliver to their master4 . " And tell the " king of Persia , " added he , " that the ...
Strona 78
... never to suffer a base impostor to sit upon the throne of Cyrus 99 . This pathetic speech , however , had little effect upon the Persian leaders . Strongly attached to Smerdis , they considered all the dying monarch had said ...
... never to suffer a base impostor to sit upon the throne of Cyrus 99 . This pathetic speech , however , had little effect upon the Persian leaders . Strongly attached to Smerdis , they considered all the dying monarch had said ...
Strona 79
... never shewed himself to the peo- ple , or admitted any of the grandees of Persia into his presence , but lived shut up within the walls of his palace , amid eunuchs and women , Otanes , a Persian nobleman of the first rank , grew ...
... never shewed himself to the peo- ple , or admitted any of the grandees of Persia into his presence , but lived shut up within the walls of his palace , amid eunuchs and women , Otanes , a Persian nobleman of the first rank , grew ...
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Strona 39 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
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Strona 39 - ... thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Strona 2 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Strona 8 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Strona 32 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Strona 8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Strona 8 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Strona 7 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? And Elisha said unto.
Strona 7 - And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.