The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country, Till the Expulsion of the French from Alexandria, in the Year 1801, Volym 1A. Constable & Company, 1805 |
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... on the ceiling of a ruined temple at Tantyra , and even the Cymbium , a drinking cup of the Romans , have all of them , we may presume , as well as the ark of Noah , a reference to some important 34 B. I , HISTORY OF EGYPT .
... on the ceiling of a ruined temple at Tantyra , and even the Cymbium , a drinking cup of the Romans , have all of them , we may presume , as well as the ark of Noah , a reference to some important 34 B. I , HISTORY OF EGYPT .
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... Romans , for directing an author often to correct , and frequently to write again those pieces of composi- tion , which he was resolved to publish . Thus , too , from the stylus , or iron pen , employed in writing , the word style is ...
... Romans , for directing an author often to correct , and frequently to write again those pieces of composi- tion , which he was resolved to publish . Thus , too , from the stylus , or iron pen , employed in writing , the word style is ...
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... Romans had now brought themselves into notice ; and by their singular success in the Tarentine war , they had drawn the attention of na tions toward Rome . The fame of their achievements had reached the ear of Ptolemy , and he sent ...
... Romans had now brought themselves into notice ; and by their singular success in the Tarentine war , they had drawn the attention of na tions toward Rome . The fame of their achievements had reached the ear of Ptolemy , and he sent ...
Sida 275
... Roman arms . About this time Ptolemy Euergetes demanded from Jerusalem the annual tribute of twenty talents , which the Jews for several years had omitted to pay . The whole city was in dismay , for the sum was not only large , but they ...
... Roman arms . About this time Ptolemy Euergetes demanded from Jerusalem the annual tribute of twenty talents , which the Jews for several years had omitted to pay . The whole city was in dismay , for the sum was not only large , but they ...
Sida 291
... Roman consul Flaminius . While the Romans were thus engaged in war against Carthage , they sent an embassy to preserve and cement that friendship which subsisted between them and the Egyptians . They presented the king * Prideaux , vol ...
... Roman consul Flaminius . While the Romans were thus engaged in war against Carthage , they sent an embassy to preserve and cement that friendship which subsisted between them and the Egyptians . They presented the king * Prideaux , vol ...
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The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volym 1 James Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1805 |
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Æneid affections Africa Alexander Alexandria ambition ancient Antiochus Antony appears Arabian army arrived Arsinoe ascribed Auletes Babylon battle body brother Bruce Cambyses Cleopatra command conduct corrupt court Cyprus Darius dead Delta Demetrius Denon descend east eastern Egyp Egyptian Egyptian king father favour fled formed friends Geog glory Greece Greeks Herod history of Egypt honour India Jerusalem Jews Judea Julius Cæsar king of Egypt kingdom land late king Lybia manner Memphis ment mind mourning mummies nations nature Nile Octavianus Parthia Pelusium Persia Pharaoh Philadelphus Philometor Phoenicia Physcon Pompey possession preserved priests prince province Psammeticus Ptolemy Ptolemy Auletes Ptolemy Philadelphus Ptolemy Physcon pyramid of Giza pyramids queen reign returned river Roman Rome ruins sacred sacrifices scarcely sent sentiments shew ships shore situation sorrow Syria temple Thebes throne tian tion Travels troops Tyre whole worship
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Sida 183 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.
Sida 120 - Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Sida 182 - Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said,' My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales...
Sida 26 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Sida 120 - Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Sida 162 - Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets : and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Sida 407 - I shall ask you of how many thousands of male monarchs has the same thing been more than true ? Cleopatra was born in troublesome times, and drew her first breath in the contagion of a licentious court ; while in tender years, she was raised to the seducing eminence of a throne, and surrounded by a crowd of flatterers, who neither dared to reprove nor desired to correct the increasing follies of her conduct. As a beauty, she was admired ; as a queen, she was addressed with adulation ; and possessing...
Sida 186 - The two parts, of which the Scriptures consist, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no resemblance, in form or style, to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian, learning. The antiquity of those compositions no man doubts ; and the unstrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publication, is a solid ground of belief, that they were genuine predictions, and consequently inspired*.
Sida 39 - SPHINX. A monster, having the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a dog, the tail of a serpent, the wings of a bird, and the paws of a lion.
Sida 54 - And there was seen a great sign in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.