A Digest of the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Institutions of the Ancient and Modern NationsD. Appleton, 1853 - 662 sidor |
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... never pub- lished . Its publication was prevented by his death . The work is , what its title declares , a Digest of History , Ancient and Modern . It makes no pretensions to originality ; but , as an Historical Manual , it is believed ...
... never pub- lished . Its publication was prevented by his death . The work is , what its title declares , a Digest of History , Ancient and Modern . It makes no pretensions to originality ; but , as an Historical Manual , it is believed ...
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... never lost their power . 9. Would not Egypt have been greater with a more consolidated government ? Great consolidated empires unfavorable to individual energy and greatness ; they are without a history , e . g . history of India or ...
... never lost their power . 9. Would not Egypt have been greater with a more consolidated government ? Great consolidated empires unfavorable to individual energy and greatness ; they are without a history , e . g . history of India or ...
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... never printed a book ; made nothing but fire - works out of powder , and never applied the compass to navigation ! ( Schl . 97. ) In arts , compare Indian Idol with Jupiter of Phidias ; transfiguration with Chinese paintings , & c . In ...
... never printed a book ; made nothing but fire - works out of powder , and never applied the compass to navigation ! ( Schl . 97. ) In arts , compare Indian Idol with Jupiter of Phidias ; transfiguration with Chinese paintings , & c . In ...
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... never engaged in close fight . 9. Manner in which horses were used ? Homer makes no mention of horses used for cavalry ; used altogether for chariots ; strange , as the country of Greece was not well suited to chariot . Same thing in ...
... never engaged in close fight . 9. Manner in which horses were used ? Homer makes no mention of horses used for cavalry ; used altogether for chariots ; strange , as the country of Greece was not well suited to chariot . Same thing in ...
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... never had organized power of a regular priesthood in army ; generals sacri- ficed as well as priests , and in temples officers taken from people , and served but a short time generally . 12. Effect of this ? Religion left to people ...
... never had organized power of a regular priesthood in army ; generals sacri- ficed as well as priests , and in temples officers taken from people , and served but a short time generally . 12. Effect of this ? Religion left to people ...
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Sida 377 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Sida 377 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
Sida 34 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Sida 377 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Sida 92 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Sida 438 - Paul, and of the most holy pope, granted and committed to me in these parts, do absolve thee ; first, from all ecclesiastical censures, in whatever manner they have been incurred ; and, then, from all thy sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be; even from...
Sida 562 - Parliament, do pray that it may be declared and enacted, that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said Declaration, are the true, ancient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this Kingdom...
Sida 570 - Then came those days, never to be recalled without a blush, the days of servitude without loyalty and sensuality without love, of dwarfish talents and gigantic vices, the paradise of cold hearts and narrow minds, the golden age of the coward, the bigot, and the slave.
Sida 546 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
Sida 374 - But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.