An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Nide 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 92
Sivu ix
... nied him to be author of it , and who have been learned- ly confuted by a late writer . Befides the Pentateuch , Abbadie , verit . de la relig . Chrétien . there there have been some other works afcribed to Mofes , PREFACE . ix.
... nied him to be author of it , and who have been learned- ly confuted by a late writer . Befides the Pentateuch , Abbadie , verit . de la relig . Chrétien . there there have been some other works afcribed to Mofes , PREFACE . ix.
Sivu x
... Some few fragments of other books are likewise quoted by feveral of the antients , as written by him ; fuch as , 1. his Apocalypfe , out of which St. Paul is by them supposed to have taken those words , For in Chrift Jefus neither ...
... Some few fragments of other books are likewise quoted by feveral of the antients , as written by him ; fuch as , 1. his Apocalypfe , out of which St. Paul is by them supposed to have taken those words , For in Chrift Jefus neither ...
Sivu xiv
... some small variation , from Berofus , as the reader may fee , p . 192. In an- other he speaks of the tower of Babel , and the confu- fion of languages , agreeable to the account we have in Holy Writ . Thefe fragments Scaliger has ...
... some small variation , from Berofus , as the reader may fee , p . 192. In an- other he speaks of the tower of Babel , and the confu- fion of languages , agreeable to the account we have in Holy Writ . Thefe fragments Scaliger has ...
Sivu xviii
... Some afcribe to Herodotus the life of Homer , which , in most editions , is annexed to his history ; but the diverfity of ftile , and the difagree- ment between Herodotus and the author of that piece , plainly evince these two works to ...
... Some afcribe to Herodotus the life of Homer , which , in most editions , is annexed to his history ; but the diverfity of ftile , and the difagree- ment between Herodotus and the author of that piece , plainly evince these two works to ...
Sivu xlvi
... Some , as Diodorus and Suidas , divided the Obolus into fix Chalci , and every Chalcus into feven Lepta : others divided the Obolus into eight Chalci , and every Chalcus into eight Lepta or Minuta . XIX . I XIX . The GREATER WEIGHTS ...
... Some , as Diodorus and Suidas , divided the Obolus into fix Chalci , and every Chalcus into feven Lepta : others divided the Obolus into eight Chalci , and every Chalcus into eight Lepta or Minuta . XIX . I XIX . The GREATER WEIGHTS ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
affift Affyrian Afia againſt Alexander alfo antient apud Arabia Arabs Armenia ARRIAN Bayer Befieged Bookfeller Cæfar Carthaginians character Chineſe chofen Chrift Chriftian confequently confiderable conquefts defcendents defcribed Defeated Diodorus Siculus Egypt Egyptians emperor empire faid fame feems fent fettled feven feveral fhould fince firft firſt fituate fome ftate fubdued fubjects fuccefs fuch fuppofed Gaul Greeks Herodotus hift hiftorian hiftory himſelf ibid ifland India Indians Jews Jofeph John Khan killed king kingdom laft leaft leaſt likewife Macedon Medes moft Moguls moſt muft muſt nations obferved occafion Oxon paff paffage Parthia Perfians perfon Pompey Porus prefent prince Ptolemy put to death racter reafon reign river Romans Rome Scythians ſeems Septuagint Sinic STRAB Syria Tartars thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas thoſe Trajan ubi fup ubi fupra uſed vaft viii Whence named whofe xvii xviii
Suositut otteet
Sivu 194 - And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Sivu 182 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Sivu 113 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the...
Sivu 131 - Chinese communicated their ideas by drawing on paper the natural images of the things they wished to express.
Sivu 194 - Lord faid unto her: return unto thy miftrefs, and fubmit thyfelf under her hands. 10. And the Angel of the Lord faid unto her: I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbered for multitude.
Sivu 124 - Of this we find traces in thofe ancient and valuable books, which the Chinefe call, by way of eminence, The Five Volumes, being the canonical or claffical books of the higheft rank, which they look upon as the fource of all their fcience and morality. . The chief object of their worfhip then, at firft was the Supreme Being, the Lord and Sovereign Principle of all things, whom they adored under the name either Shang-ti, that is Supreme Emperor, or Tyen, which, with the Chinefe, fignifies the fame...
Sivu iii - By these records it is that we live, as it were, in the very time when the world was created ; we behold how it was governed in its...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...