Parallel Universal History: Being an Outline of the History and Biography of the World, Divided Into PeriodsWhittaker, 1838 - 654 sider |
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... fell back into the plain with impe- cuse in Sicily , delivering it from its tuosity , and rendered his punishment oppressors by means of Timoleon . eternal . The artists of Corinth were famous The Eleusinian mysteries were intro- for ...
... fell back into the plain with impe- cuse in Sicily , delivering it from its tuosity , and rendered his punishment oppressors by means of Timoleon . eternal . The artists of Corinth were famous The Eleusinian mysteries were intro- for ...
Side 13
... fell common kinsman , Phryxus . into the sea , on crossing the Hel - sembling , therefore , fifty of the most lespont , whence its name . Phryxus illustrious men of Greece , amongst reached the court of king Eetes and whom were Orpheus ...
... fell common kinsman , Phryxus . into the sea , on crossing the Hel - sembling , therefore , fifty of the most lespont , whence its name . Phryxus illustrious men of Greece , amongst reached the court of king Eetes and whom were Orpheus ...
Side 17
... fell into that part of the obtained the golden apples of Hespe- ocean , called from him the Icarian rides , after killing the dragon that sea , but Dædalus reached Cuma in guarded them ; 12. he brought up the safety , and built a temple ...
... fell into that part of the obtained the golden apples of Hespe- ocean , called from him the Icarian rides , after killing the dragon that sea , but Dædalus reached Cuma in guarded them ; 12. he brought up the safety , and built a temple ...
Side 18
... fell ( ac- cording to the poets ) by stratagem , in and that stream the Simois ; that the ruins of Palio Callifat are those of the Ilium of Strabo ; that the altars of Jupiter were on the hill at the foot of Gargarus , where the ruins ...
... fell ( ac- cording to the poets ) by stratagem , in and that stream the Simois ; that the ruins of Palio Callifat are those of the Ilium of Strabo ; that the altars of Jupiter were on the hill at the foot of Gargarus , where the ruins ...
Side 20
... fell a prey Ruth , whom he saw gleaning , he com- to Sicilian Charybdis , the line , ' Inci - manded the men to let fall some dat in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charyb- dim , ' became a proverb , to show that , in our eagerness to avoid one ...
... fell a prey Ruth , whom he saw gleaning , he com- to Sicilian Charybdis , the line , ' Inci - manded the men to let fall some dat in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charyb- dim , ' became a proverb , to show that , in our eagerness to avoid one ...
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Side 67 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Side 67 - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring ; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Side 29 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Side 493 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
Side 34 - Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets ; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver and two changes of garments.
Side 34 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Side 493 - No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet. But hark that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm! arm! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain: he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear...
Side 348 - At these words the child looked very steadfastly upon him. " Mark, child ! what I say ; they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a king ; but mark what I say, thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads when they can catch them. And thy head, too, they will cut off at last. Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them.
Side 34 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Side 538 - Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick.