An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Nide 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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Sivu vi
... least pretence to fo great antiquity cannot but be entertaining and curious , we hope our labour in collecting them will not be condemned as useless . FROM the hiftory of the antediluvian world , we pass to that of the flood , where we ...
... least pretence to fo great antiquity cannot but be entertaining and curious , we hope our labour in collecting them will not be condemned as useless . FROM the hiftory of the antediluvian world , we pass to that of the flood , where we ...
Sivu xxv
... least three fourths of them muft have lived , when the life of man was reduced to its prefent ftandard . But yet , feveral of the antient historians , and , what is more furprifing , of the modern Christian writers , have blind- ly ...
... least three fourths of them muft have lived , when the life of man was reduced to its prefent ftandard . But yet , feveral of the antient historians , and , what is more furprifing , of the modern Christian writers , have blind- ly ...
Sivu lxxi
... least , as well received ; and we can affure the public , that it is now in great forwardness , and will be published with all convenient speed . Mr. Lewis , in his preface to his Origines Hebrææ . A LIST of the PRINCIPAL AUTHORS and ...
... least , as well received ; and we can affure the public , that it is now in great forwardness , and will be published with all convenient speed . Mr. Lewis , in his preface to his Origines Hebrææ . A LIST of the PRINCIPAL AUTHORS and ...
Sivu 4
... least must have been governed by kings , or , in the Tartarian lan- guage , khans , in the reign of Darius Hyftafpis . But the far- ther difcuffion of this point we muft beg leave to defer , till we come to the modern history of the ...
... least must have been governed by kings , or , in the Tartarian lan- guage , khans , in the reign of Darius Hyftafpis . But the far- ther difcuffion of this point we muft beg leave to defer , till we come to the modern history of the ...
Sivu 11
... least of the Scythians were under regal go- vernment , the power of the king in Scythia was circumfcribed by the laws . For , that author in- forms us , that one of the Scy- thian princes named Scyles was depofed by his fubjects , in op ...
... least of the Scythians were under regal go- vernment , the power of the king in Scythia was circumfcribed by the laws . For , that author in- forms us , that one of the Scy- thian princes named Scyles was depofed by his fubjects , in op ...
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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
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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...