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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Sida 29
... strength , and push forward to the harvest . * Many difficulties have occurred with respect to the origin of nations ; and who were the original people of Egypt , has also been a subject of inquiry and diversified discussion . I am not ...
... strength , and push forward to the harvest . * Many difficulties have occurred with respect to the origin of nations ; and who were the original people of Egypt , has also been a subject of inquiry and diversified discussion . I am not ...
Sida 49
... strength of Egypt was apparent , and its wealth conspi- cuous . From Siene to the shore of the Mediterranean , on the coast of the Red sea , on the banks of the Nile , and on the expanse of the Delta , cities flourish- ed , and ...
... strength of Egypt was apparent , and its wealth conspi- cuous . From Siene to the shore of the Mediterranean , on the coast of the Red sea , on the banks of the Nile , and on the expanse of the Delta , cities flourish- ed , and ...
Sida 98
... the passions are inflam- ed ; and in the progress of corrup- tion , the malevolent affections acquire strength , and display their influence in acts of cruelty and guilt . Veiled as the divinity 98 B. I. HISTORY OF EGYPT .
... the passions are inflam- ed ; and in the progress of corrup- tion , the malevolent affections acquire strength , and display their influence in acts of cruelty and guilt . Veiled as the divinity 98 B. I. HISTORY OF EGYPT .
Sida 112
... strength gave way , and its destruction hastened apace ; and the real excellence of a nation may be safely measured by its regard to virtue and true religion . Next to that reverence which we owe to things divine , is that natural ...
... strength gave way , and its destruction hastened apace ; and the real excellence of a nation may be safely measured by its regard to virtue and true religion . Next to that reverence which we owe to things divine , is that natural ...
Sida 118
... strength , and become vapid . Probably it had been alcohol , which is known to preserve animal bodies ; but a principal part of the secret seems to depend upon the exclusion of air , and keeping at a distance such bo- dies as have a ...
... strength , and become vapid . Probably it had been alcohol , which is known to preserve animal bodies ; but a principal part of the secret seems to depend upon the exclusion of air , and keeping at a distance such bo- dies as have a ...
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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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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.