A Manual of Ancient HistoryD. Appleton, 1845 - 323 pages |
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... subject of great importance in itself , and peculiarly interesting to a commer- cial country . To the Roman history there is prefixed a brief account of the ancient inhabitants of Italy before the era usually assigned for the foundation ...
... subject of great importance in itself , and peculiarly interesting to a commer- cial country . To the Roman history there is prefixed a brief account of the ancient inhabitants of Italy before the era usually assigned for the foundation ...
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... subjects hasted to send the Israelites away , and they quitted the land of Egypt . Av- arice induced the Pharaoh to pursue them with a mighty army ; but God opened a passage for the Israelites through the Red sea , while the Egyptian ...
... subjects hasted to send the Israelites away , and they quitted the land of Egypt . Av- arice induced the Pharaoh to pursue them with a mighty army ; but God opened a passage for the Israelites through the Red sea , while the Egyptian ...
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... subject to the Ethiopians of Meroë , and sometimes to the Egyptians . The naviga- tion of the Nile is here impeded by the windings of the river , and by the intervention of cataracts and rapids ; so that intercourse is more generally ...
... subject to the Ethiopians of Meroë , and sometimes to the Egyptians . The naviga- tion of the Nile is here impeded by the windings of the river , and by the intervention of cataracts and rapids ; so that intercourse is more generally ...
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... subjects , and unable to protract his defence , made a huge pile , on which he placed his wives and his treasures ; then setting it on fire , he threw himself into the midst of the flames ( B. c . 717 ) . Thus ended the Assyrian ...
... subjects , and unable to protract his defence , made a huge pile , on which he placed his wives and his treasures ; then setting it on fire , he threw himself into the midst of the flames ( B. c . 717 ) . Thus ended the Assyrian ...
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... subject to the Persian empire until the time of Alexander the Great . SECTION III - Syria . - Geographical Outline . THE name of Syria was loosely given by the Greeks , as that of A'ram was by the Hebrews , not only to the country now ...
... subject to the Persian empire until the time of Alexander the Great . SECTION III - Syria . - Geographical Outline . THE name of Syria was loosely given by the Greeks , as that of A'ram was by the Hebrews , not only to the country now ...
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Page 174 - 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...
Page 175 - 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.
Page 38 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?
Page 175 - 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.
Page 36 - 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.
Page 40 - 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.
Page 175 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 51 - 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.
Page 31 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Page 36 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.