A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time: Including an Account of the Celebrated Revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva &c. &c. Together with an Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the Late Military Operations; and Other Important Events, Volym 1G. Kearsley, 1795 |
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... obliged the Egyptians to think of means for accurately furveying and meafuring them . It is generally fuppofed that the Egyptians , on account of the conftant ferenity of the air , were among the firft who obferved the courfes of the ...
... obliged the Egyptians to think of means for accurately furveying and meafuring them . It is generally fuppofed that the Egyptians , on account of the conftant ferenity of the air , were among the firft who obferved the courfes of the ...
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... obliged to apply to them ; and , for the purposes of inftruction , they had colleges or academies in feveral parts of the kingdom . Their learn- ing was infcribed partly on pillars , and partly committed to writing in the facred books ...
... obliged to apply to them ; and , for the purposes of inftruction , they had colleges or academies in feveral parts of the kingdom . Their learn- ing was infcribed partly on pillars , and partly committed to writing in the facred books ...
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... obliged to comply with their importunities . The advancement of Saul to the regal dignity was the fe- cond change made in the conftitution as eftablished by Mo- fes . According to his plan , the commonwealth was fuppofed to be a ...
... obliged to comply with their importunities . The advancement of Saul to the regal dignity was the fe- cond change made in the conftitution as eftablished by Mo- fes . According to his plan , the commonwealth was fuppofed to be a ...
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... oblige them as much as poffible , in order to obtain from them a copy of the facred books to be tranflated into Greek , and depofited among the immenfe number of volumes , which he had procured from all parts of the world . A learned ...
... oblige them as much as poffible , in order to obtain from them a copy of the facred books to be tranflated into Greek , and depofited among the immenfe number of volumes , which he had procured from all parts of the world . A learned ...
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... obliged to ranfom it ; whilft , at the fame time , in the moft fuppliant manner , he thus expreffed himself : " Think of thy father , and this face behold , See him in me , as helplefs , and as old , " Though not fo wretched , there he ...
... obliged to ranfom it ; whilft , at the fame time , in the moft fuppliant manner , he thus expreffed himself : " Think of thy father , and this face behold , See him in me , as helplefs , and as old , " Though not fo wretched , there he ...
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Sida 244 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Sida 411 - No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Sida 374 - III. The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty; nor can any individual, or any body of men, be entitled to any authority which is not expressly derived from it.
Sida 195 - Caesar now commanded the cohorts to pursue their success, and advancing, charged Pompey's troops upon the flank ; this charge the enemy withstood for some time with great bravery, till he brought up his third line, which had not yet engaged. Pompey's infantry being thus doubly attacked, in front by fresh troops and in rear by the victorious cohorts, could no longer resist, but fled to their camp. The...
Sida 432 - It is you," continued he to the members, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.
Sida 283 - Very faint vestiges of the Roman policy, jurisprudence, arts, or literature remained. New forms of government, new laws, new manners, new dresses, new languages, and new names of men and countries, were every where introduced.
Sida 432 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Sida 346 - sat on every face ; silence, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment ; the ladies and courtiers were ranged on each side...
Sida 196 - Achilles, the commander of the forces, and Septimius, by birth a Roman, and who had formerly been a centurion in Pompey's army, were appointed to carry -their opinion into execution.
Sida 194 - Caesar's soldiers were now rushing on with their usual impetuosity, when, perceiving the enemy motionless, they all stopped short, as if by general consent, and halted in the midst of their career. A terrible pause ensued, in which both armies continued to gaze upon each other with mutual terror and dreadful serenity.