A Manual of Ancient and Modern History ...D. Appleton, 1845 - 797 sivua |
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Sivu 4
... soldiers were levied by conscription , drilled to the sound of the trumpet , and taught to march in measured time . Cavalry , in the earlier period , were not employed as a military body , but used as skirmishers , vedettes , and ...
... soldiers were levied by conscription , drilled to the sound of the trumpet , and taught to march in measured time . Cavalry , in the earlier period , were not employed as a military body , but used as skirmishers , vedettes , and ...
Sivu 21
... soldiers revolted against their masters , and prepared to carve out an empire for themselves . That they were a conquering horde which settled in the country , is proved by the express testimony of Isaiah . “ Behold the land of the ...
... soldiers revolted against their masters , and prepared to carve out an empire for themselves . That they were a conquering horde which settled in the country , is proved by the express testimony of Isaiah . “ Behold the land of the ...
Sivu 22
... soldiers , as soon as the water should be drawn from the bed of the river , to enter the city through the deserted channel . Meantime the revelry of the feast was disturbed by the supernatural handwriting interpreted by Daniel ...
... soldiers , as soon as the water should be drawn from the bed of the river , to enter the city through the deserted channel . Meantime the revelry of the feast was disturbed by the supernatural handwriting interpreted by Daniel ...
Sivu 49
... soldiers to make him prisoner ; but the Syrian troops were smitten with blindness , and in this helpless con- dition easily taken captive . The Syrian monarch was not daunted ; he assembled a large army , advanced against Samária ...
... soldiers to make him prisoner ; but the Syrian troops were smitten with blindness , and in this helpless con- dition easily taken captive . The Syrian monarch was not daunted ; he assembled a large army , advanced against Samária ...
Sivu 61
... soldier on the first summons . This constitution enabled the Persians to make rapid con- quests , but it prevented their empire from becoming permanent : the soldiers fought for pay or plunder , and were held together by no com- mon ...
... soldier on the first summons . This constitution enabled the Persians to make rapid con- quests , but it prevented their empire from becoming permanent : the soldiers fought for pay or plunder , and were held together by no com- mon ...
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Sivu 40 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Sivu 178 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Sivu 179 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Sivu 179 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, las he was] calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Sivu 171 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Sivu 44 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
Sivu 759 - ... where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Sivu 587 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day: The...
Sivu 179 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Sivu 42 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.