A Manual of Ancient HistoryD. Appleton, 1845 - 323 pages |
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... volume of Ancient History - which could be made with- out suppressing or in any way distorting or impairing any material fact or statement . In the English edition , all that is to be found relating to the history of the United States ...
... volume of Ancient History - which could be made with- out suppressing or in any way distorting or impairing any material fact or statement . In the English edition , all that is to be found relating to the history of the United States ...
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... volume of Ancient History - which could be made with . out suppressing or in any way distorting or impairing any material fact or statement . In the English edition , all that is to be found relating to the history of the United States ...
... volume of Ancient History - which could be made with . out suppressing or in any way distorting or impairing any material fact or statement . In the English edition , all that is to be found relating to the history of the United States ...
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... volume has a less orderly appearance than in most similar works , because it contains not merely the histories of Athens and Sparta , to which most writers confine their attention , but also those of the minor states , the islands and ...
... volume has a less orderly appearance than in most similar works , because it contains not merely the histories of Athens and Sparta , to which most writers confine their attention , but also those of the minor states , the islands and ...
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... volumes on the Politics , Intercourse , and Trade of Ancient Nations , should form part of every historical library ; he has also borrowed very copiously from the valuable essays that have appeared in the Memoirs of the French Academy ...
... volumes on the Politics , Intercourse , and Trade of Ancient Nations , should form part of every historical library ; he has also borrowed very copiously from the valuable essays that have appeared in the Memoirs of the French Academy ...
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... volume , 16mo . $ 100 . " The author of this invaluable work was born about the year 1380 , and has always been honoured by the Church for his eminent sanctity . Of the many pious works composed by him , nis Imitation of Christ ...
... volume , 16mo . $ 100 . " The author of this invaluable work was born about the year 1380 , and has always been honoured by the Church for his eminent sanctity . Of the many pious works composed by him , nis Imitation of Christ ...
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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.