The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography;: Embracing a History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Day ...H. Savage, 1833 |
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... whole . God formed him of the dust of the ground , breathed into his body the breath of life , or immor- tality , and hence man became a living soul . Woman was also formed , out of the side of the man , who was cast into a deep sleep ...
... whole . God formed him of the dust of the ground , breathed into his body the breath of life , or immor- tality , and hence man became a living soul . Woman was also formed , out of the side of the man , who was cast into a deep sleep ...
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... was preserved by doves one whole year . She was at length found by one of the shepherds of Ninus , and brought up by him as one of his own children . She was so tenderly beloved by her husband , Menones 2348-1921 B. C. 25.
... was preserved by doves one whole year . She was at length found by one of the shepherds of Ninus , and brought up by him as one of his own children . She was so tenderly beloved by her husband , Menones 2348-1921 B. C. 25.
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... whole tract of country in their vicinity became a sea , called the Dead Sea . § The 18th and 19th chapters of Genesis contain an account of this catastrophe , and of its causes ; to these we refer the reader . At the present time , from ...
... whole tract of country in their vicinity became a sea , called the Dead Sea . § The 18th and 19th chapters of Genesis contain an account of this catastrophe , and of its causes ; to these we refer the reader . At the present time , from ...
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... whole of Israel . He spent a very active and perilous life , and among the conquests he made were the Philistines , the Moabites , the Ammonites , and the Syrians . He had at length some domestic troubles , and was in danger from an ...
... whole of Israel . He spent a very active and perilous life , and among the conquests he made were the Philistines , the Moabites , the Ammonites , and the Syrians . He had at length some domestic troubles , and was in danger from an ...
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... whole house should be cut off . Zimri , the fourth after Jeroboam , enjoyed the crown only seven days . The city Tirzah , in which he was besieged by Omri , being taken , he burnt himself to death in his palace . Ahab , the sixth after ...
... whole house should be cut off . Zimri , the fourth after Jeroboam , enjoyed the crown only seven days . The city Tirzah , in which he was besieged by Omri , being taken , he burnt himself to death in his palace . Ahab , the sixth after ...
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Página 201 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 194 - Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
Página 216 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 25 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 336 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of uniform employments ; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. .From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Página 142 - Large countries, and in fields great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Página 123 - He knew how to reconcile the most enterprising spirit with the coolest moderation ; the most obstinate perseverance with the easiest flexibility; the most severe justice with the gentlest lenity ; the greatest vigour in commanding with the most perfect affability of deportment ; the highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents for action.
Página 15 - And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Página 206 - Her heroism was exempt from temerity, her frugality from avarice, her friendship from partiality, her active temper from turbulency and a vain ambition : She guarded not herself with equal care or equal success from lesser infirmities; the rivalship of beauty, the desire of admiration, the jealousy of love, and the sallies of anger.
Página 266 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At ev'ning from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.