Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the Earlist Times to the Treaty of Vienna. To which is Added, a Summary of the Leading Events Since that Period. For the Use of Schools and of Private StudentsLea & Blanchard, 1844 - 561 sivua |
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... nearly in the centre between the southern extremities of the Euxine and the Caspian seas , and is visible at the distance of 180 or 200 miles . Spreading its broad base along the plain of the Araxes , it rises in majestic grandeur ...
... nearly in the centre between the southern extremities of the Euxine and the Caspian seas , and is visible at the distance of 180 or 200 miles . Spreading its broad base along the plain of the Araxes , it rises in majestic grandeur ...
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... nearly concur with the beginning of the Hindoo Kali Yug 3101 B. C. The period assigned to the creation is equally unsettled ; and more than 200 dates have been collected by Desvignoles , ranging from 6984 to 3483 , B. c . † The remains ...
... nearly concur with the beginning of the Hindoo Kali Yug 3101 B. C. The period assigned to the creation is equally unsettled ; and more than 200 dates have been collected by Desvignoles , ranging from 6984 to 3483 , B. c . † The remains ...
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... nearly 280,000 years . It is probable that the Eastern parts of Asia were visited early , and that the immediate posterity of Noah descended from the central mountains to those fertile plains which are traversed from west to east by the ...
... nearly 280,000 years . It is probable that the Eastern parts of Asia were visited early , and that the immediate posterity of Noah descended from the central mountains to those fertile plains which are traversed from west to east by the ...
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... lowed up Korah , Dathan , and Abiram , 1471 , -fire from heaven de- stroyed part of the camp , -and a destructive pestilence carried off nearly 15,000 of the murmurers . Three months after the departure 3 FIFTEENTH CENTURY B. C. 25.
... lowed up Korah , Dathan , and Abiram , 1471 , -fire from heaven de- stroyed part of the camp , -and a destructive pestilence carried off nearly 15,000 of the murmurers . Three months after the departure 3 FIFTEENTH CENTURY B. C. 25.
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... nearly the same authority as the consuls at Rome , the kings at Sparta , and the Carthaginian suffetes , was established to govern the people of Israel . Each city had its peculiar magistrates ( shoterim ) and ministers of justice , to ...
... nearly the same authority as the consuls at Rome , the kings at Sparta , and the Carthaginian suffetes , was established to govern the people of Israel . Each city had its peculiar magistrates ( shoterim ) and ministers of justice , to ...
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Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the ... John Seely Hart,Henry White Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
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account is given affairs afterwards alliance arms army Austria authority battle became began Bohemia Britain British brother Cæsar caliphate capital celebrated character Charlemagne Charles Charles II chief Chosroes Christian church colonies command commerce compelled conquest Constantinople contest council crown death declared defeated Denmark died dominions Duke dynasty Egypt emperor empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe expedition father favour Ferdinand fleet force formed France Frederick French Gaul Germany Greece Greek Henry Holland honour hostilities Hungary imperial insurrection invaded invasion Italy John king kingdom latter Louis military monarch Naples Napoleon nation nobles parliament party peace period perished Persia Philip Poland Pope Portugal possession prince prisoner provinces queen Reformation reign religion religious republic restored revolt Roman Rome Russia senate Sicily siege soon sovereign Spain Spanish succeeded success successor Sweden Syria terminated territory throne tion took treaty troops Turks victory Visigoths
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Sivu 19 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Sivu 144 - So early as the end of the second century or the beginning of the third, the...
Sivu 128 - It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned tp everlasting infamy.
Sivu 517 - This species infests a great variety of plants, and is to be found throughout our country from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Sivu 67 - God ; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Sivu 111 - Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying, How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
Sivu 235 - An army marching under the emperor Otho I. was so terrified by an eclipse of the sun, which it conceived to announce this consummation, as to disperse hastily on all sides. As this notion...
Sivu 504 - ... army be decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule, and he discovered the true characteristic of genius, which, without despising rules, knows when and how to break them. He understood thoroughly the immense moral power, which is gained...
Sivu 393 - ... ever heard on the waters of the Mississippi. To conceal his death, his body was wrapped in a mantle, and, in the stillness of midnight, was silently sunk in the middle of the stream. The discoverer of the Mississippi slept beneath its waters. He had crossed a large part of the continent in search of gold, and found nothing so remarkable as his burial-place.