An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Nide 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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Sivu xi
... reign till feveral years after the Trojan war . He compiled the Phenician hiftory , ac- cording to Porphyry , from ... reigns of Vefpafian , Titus , Domitian , Tra- jan , and Adrian . Pbilo digefted them into nine books , though Porphyry ...
... reign till feveral years after the Trojan war . He compiled the Phenician hiftory , ac- cording to Porphyry , from ... reigns of Vefpafian , Titus , Domitian , Tra- jan , and Adrian . Pbilo digefted them into nine books , though Porphyry ...
Sivu xiv
... reign of Cyrus . He is quoted by Pliny , Tatian , Cle- ment of Alexandria , Tertullian , Vitruvius , and Eufe- bius ... reigns of the ten first kings of Chaldæa , copied , with some small variation , from Berofus , as the reader may fee ...
... reign of Cyrus . He is quoted by Pliny , Tatian , Cle- ment of Alexandria , Tertullian , Vitruvius , and Eufe- bius ... reigns of the ten first kings of Chaldæa , copied , with some small variation , from Berofus , as the reader may fee ...
Sivu xvi
... reign of Pfammitichus , and on the credit of others , is far from certain . But none ever attacked with more virulency , if we may be allowed the expreffion , the credit of Herodotus , than Plutarch , whofe judgment would be of great ...
... reign of Pfammitichus , and on the credit of others , is far from certain . But none ever attacked with more virulency , if we may be allowed the expreffion , the credit of Herodotus , than Plutarch , whofe judgment would be of great ...
Sivu xxiii
Ariftarchus the grammarian , and Panetius a Rhodian philofopher , who lived in the reign of Ptolemy Euergetes . He wrote his hiftory , which he intituled the Bibliotheque of the Gods , in the reign of Attalus Philadelphus king of ...
Ariftarchus the grammarian , and Panetius a Rhodian philofopher , who lived in the reign of Ptolemy Euergetes . He wrote his hiftory , which he intituled the Bibliotheque of the Gods , in the reign of Attalus Philadelphus king of ...
Sivu lvi
... reign of Menes to Sethon , who put Sennacherib to flight , 341 genera- tions , as many priests of Vulcan , and an equal number of kings of Egypt . He adds , that three generations make an hundred years ; fo that , according to this ...
... reign of Menes to Sethon , who put Sennacherib to flight , 341 genera- tions , as many priests of Vulcan , and an equal number of kings of Egypt . He adds , that three generations make an hundred years ; fo that , according to this ...
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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...