The ancient world. The modern worldTrübner & Company, 1879 |
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... period of their lives , they would scarcely have been able to achieve a fourth part of what is supposed to have originated with them . The absurdity of our general belief on this point is so apparent that it is strange that we have ...
... period of their lives , they would scarcely have been able to achieve a fourth part of what is supposed to have originated with them . The absurdity of our general belief on this point is so apparent that it is strange that we have ...
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... period of the flood , and from an excess of light at the outset , leave us darkling through the ages that follow . The next records . in point of time are the Veds and the Puráns of the Hindus , which are purely mythical , and barely ...
... period of the flood , and from an excess of light at the outset , leave us darkling through the ages that follow . The next records . in point of time are the Veds and the Puráns of the Hindus , which are purely mythical , and barely ...
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... period , certainly within two hundred years after . That one family , how- ever prolific , and however especially favoured by Providence , should have been able to migrate to , and people all those regions , so distant from each other ...
... period , certainly within two hundred years after . That one family , how- ever prolific , and however especially favoured by Providence , should have been able to migrate to , and people all those regions , so distant from each other ...
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... flood , or rather from the general dispersion of nations from Babel - have become so well peopled within a period of three or four centuries , as they appear to have been from their own records , PREFATORY REMARKS . I [
... flood , or rather from the general dispersion of nations from Babel - have become so well peopled within a period of three or four centuries , as they appear to have been from their own records , PREFATORY REMARKS . I [
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... period . When we read of the vast armies that Ninus , Semiramis , Stabro- bates , and Sesostris are said to have led , and remember the nearness of their eras to the deluge by which the whole world was supposed to have been depopulated ...
... period . When we read of the vast armies that Ninus , Semiramis , Stabro- bates , and Sesostris are said to have led , and remember the nearness of their eras to the deluge by which the whole world was supposed to have been depopulated ...
Términos y frases comunes
able afterwards America ancient Arabia Arabs arms army arts Asia Assyrian Austria authority barbarians barbarism became Britain British Cæsar called Canada century character Charlemagne Charles chief China Chinese Chingez civilisation classes colonies commenced conquered conquest Crown Cyaxares Darius Darius Hystaspes death defeated deluge descendants dominions dynasty Egypt Egyptians emperor empire England English equal established Europe European existence flood followed formed France French gave Germany Greece Greeks Hindus hordes hundred independence India inhabitants invaded invasion Italy Khán king kingdom known land liberty Macedon Magadha Mahomedan military Mogul Napoleon nations never Noah Normans Oghuz original peace Pelasgi period Persia Phoenicia Pope population Portugal possession princes provinces race reign religion respect revolt Romans Rome rule Russia Saxons Scythians Scythic secure Semiramis Shishak sovereign Spain succeeded success successors Syria Tartars territory throne tion tribes wars whole
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Página 100 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Página 302 - I can, at any rate, show that the experiments made with it at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century fully confirm the high encomium bestowed by Dioscorides upon his indicum.
Página 366 - I know very well," he says in his journal, " that the Swedes will have the advantage of us for a considerable time; but they will teach us at length to beat them.
Página 418 - It was remarked to the official people on board the " Samarang," that they had previously fired on an American vessel and driven her off the coast, when she came, in humanity and friendship, to restore some shipwrecked Japanese. This happened in 1837. In the course of the year 1831, a Japanese junk was blown off the coast into the Pacific Ocean, and, after drifting for a long time, was cast ashore in America, near the mouth of the Columbia river. [This incident alone may help to show how the West...
Página 378 - We must progress as much as possible in the direction of Constantinople and India. He who can once get possession of these points is the real ruler of the world. With this view we must provoke constant quarrels — at one time with Turkey, and at another with Persia.
Página 267 - States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Página 366 - I dare hope," said he, at the same time, " that God will look upon me with a merciful eye for all the good that I have done to my country!
Página 221 - It draws to itself all the great notabilities of the nation — in law, in arms, in diplomacy, in finance — without any regard to their origin, at the same time that it sends back to the mass of the people all its collateral branches, which fall in with the general ranks of society without title or distinction.
Página 409 - Regent — designated by law— and in some cases in the State Council. The executive power of the State belongs exclusively to the Sovereign, while the whole legislative authority rests conjointly in the Sovereign and Parliament, the latter — called the StatesGeneral — consisting of two Chambers. The Upper or First Chamber is composed of 50 members, elected by the Provincial States...