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... length , aided by an Ethiopian army , and supported by his gallant son , expelled the shep- herd - kings , and restored the prosperity of his country . Ram'eses the Great , called also Séthos or Sesos'tris , is the most celebrated of ...
... length , aided by an Ethiopian army , and supported by his gallant son , expelled the shep- herd - kings , and restored the prosperity of his country . Ram'eses the Great , called also Séthos or Sesos'tris , is the most celebrated of ...
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... length , nine in breadth , and forty - eight in circumference . Nor will this great extent seem incredible , when we reflect that the houses were not built in continuous streets , but stood apart , as the tents formerly did , each ...
... length , nine in breadth , and forty - eight in circumference . Nor will this great extent seem incredible , when we reflect that the houses were not built in continuous streets , but stood apart , as the tents formerly did , each ...
Side 24
... length of the bridge was about a furlong , but its breadth only thirty feet ; a long causeway on both sides of the river made the bridge appear of much greater extent than it really was . The temple of Bélus was the most wondrous ...
... length of the bridge was about a furlong , but its breadth only thirty feet ; a long causeway on both sides of the river made the bridge appear of much greater extent than it really was . The temple of Bélus was the most wondrous ...
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... length Tigránes , one of its monarchs , erected Tigranocer'ta . Cária was chiefly remarkable for the Greek colonies on the coast . Lyc'ia , Pisídia , and Pam'phylia , were mountainous districts . Cilícia bordered upon Syria , from which ...
... length Tigránes , one of its monarchs , erected Tigranocer'ta . Cária was chiefly remarkable for the Greek colonies on the coast . Lyc'ia , Pisídia , and Pam'phylia , were mountainous districts . Cilícia bordered upon Syria , from which ...
Side 29
... length about to be decided by a great battle , when a total eclipse of the sun so terrified both armies in the midst of the fight , that they separated in consternation ( в . c . 601 ) . This re- markable eclipse was predicted by Tháles ...
... length about to be decided by a great battle , when a total eclipse of the sun so terrified both armies in the midst of the fight , that they separated in consternation ( в . c . 601 ) . This re- markable eclipse was predicted by Tháles ...
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Side 771 - ... where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Side 40 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Side 178 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Side 179 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Side 177 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Side 179 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, las he was] calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Side 44 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
Side 179 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Side 55 - For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus which smote him ; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me : but they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Side 180 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.