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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... raise immenfe tides in the fea , and make the internal waters force their way through the earth , which , with the ... raised a cubit in the middle . It confifted of three ftories , each of which , abating the thickness of the floors ...
... raise immenfe tides in the fea , and make the internal waters force their way through the earth , which , with the ... raised a cubit in the middle . It confifted of three ftories , each of which , abating the thickness of the floors ...
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... raised an hundred feet high , having fifteen hundred- towers , two hundred feet in height , to ferve equally for its ornament and defence . The circumference of the whole city was four hundred and eighty ftadia , or fixty miles . Ninus ...
... raised an hundred feet high , having fifteen hundred- towers , two hundred feet in height , to ferve equally for its ornament and defence . The circumference of the whole city was four hundred and eighty ftadia , or fixty miles . Ninus ...
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... raised , was not oppreffive to the fubject . The provifion for the monarch was a part of the territory appropriated to his ufe . The wars in which they engaged became another fource of their wealth . The tributes were exacted only from ...
... raised , was not oppreffive to the fubject . The provifion for the monarch was a part of the territory appropriated to his ufe . The wars in which they engaged became another fource of their wealth . The tributes were exacted only from ...
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... raised the refentment of Menelaus , and his brother Agamemnon . They engaged all the princes of Greece to revenge the affront , and make it a national caufe . This gave rife to the war between the Greeks and the Trojans , which at laft ...
... raised the refentment of Menelaus , and his brother Agamemnon . They engaged all the princes of Greece to revenge the affront , and make it a national caufe . This gave rife to the war between the Greeks and the Trojans , which at laft ...
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... raised one cry of A general lamentation was fpread over the town . " Not greater could their forrow have been , had Ilion wrapt " in flame , funk down to its bafe in their fight ‡ . ” ❝ woe . Achilles could hardly be prevailed upon to ...
... raised one cry of A general lamentation was fpread over the town . " Not greater could their forrow have been , had Ilion wrapt " in flame , funk down to its bafe in their fight ‡ . ” ❝ woe . Achilles could hardly be prevailed upon to ...
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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.