A Brief Illustration of the Principles of War and Peace: Showing the Ruinous Policy of the Former, and the Superior Efficacy of the Latter, for National Protection and Defence; Clearly Manifested by Their Practical Operations and Opposite Effects Upon Nations, Kingdoms and PeoplePackard and Van Benthuysen, 1831 - 112 sidor |
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... considered as the best policy of nations , and the most essential part of a national education . Not only the maxims of government , but even the sacred principles of religion , have been made to bend to this fatal policy . And so long ...
... considered as the best policy of nations , and the most essential part of a national education . Not only the maxims of government , but even the sacred principles of religion , have been made to bend to this fatal policy . And so long ...
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... considered , at that early period , as the granary of the world . Egypt was not then a warlike nation . We are informed by Rollin that , " Its inhabitants , content with a country which abound- ed in all things , had no ambitious dreams ...
... considered , at that early period , as the granary of the world . Egypt was not then a warlike nation . We are informed by Rollin that , " Its inhabitants , content with a country which abound- ed in all things , had no ambitious dreams ...
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... considered themselves invinci- ble to gods and men . † But they finally sunk into ruin and infamy , by the very means which they had taken to raise their fame and extend their power . What then availed all these numerous armies ...
... considered themselves invinci- ble to gods and men . † But they finally sunk into ruin and infamy , by the very means which they had taken to raise their fame and extend their power . What then availed all these numerous armies ...
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... considered themselves masters of the world , and felt fully authorised by their vast military strength , and uniform success in war , to bring all other na- tions into subjection to their tyrannical power . The most numerous armies ...
... considered themselves masters of the world , and felt fully authorised by their vast military strength , and uniform success in war , to bring all other na- tions into subjection to their tyrannical power . The most numerous armies ...
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... considered impregnable ; and her naval and military power was so great , that she was called " the renowned city , which was strong in the sea , she and her inhabitants , which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it . " Her ...
... considered impregnable ; and her naval and military power was so great , that she was called " the renowned city , which was strong in the sea , she and her inhabitants , which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it . " Her ...
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Sida 57 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Sida 23 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Sida 20 - Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Sida 12 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Sida 43 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Sida 59 - Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Sida 59 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but our eyes are upon thee.
Sida 56 - A'sa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power...
Sida 19 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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.
Sida 58 - LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.