Fragments of History: Narratives of Some of the Most Remarkable Events in Ancient and Modern Times, Selected with a View to Illustrate God's Providence, and Intended Chiefly for the YoungJ. Hughes, 1850 - 313 oldal |
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... AND POMPEII THE ADVENTURES OF PIZARRO THE EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON THE PLAGUE OF LONDON THE FIRE OF LONDON . NAPOLEON'S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 145 • 171 205 225 · 267 293 Introduction . HE following " Fragments , " collected from.
... AND POMPEII THE ADVENTURES OF PIZARRO THE EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON THE PLAGUE OF LONDON THE FIRE OF LONDON . NAPOLEON'S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 145 • 171 205 225 · 267 293 Introduction . HE following " Fragments , " collected from.
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... fire at once : with less scruple , of course , when a pile was found burning , would they , without ceremony , throw a corpse upon it , and go their way . It must be remembered , that during all this time , while the plague was raging ...
... fire at once : with less scruple , of course , when a pile was found burning , would they , without ceremony , throw a corpse upon it , and go their way . It must be remembered , that during all this time , while the plague was raging ...
54. oldal
... fire to their tents and carriages ; such of them as had too much baggage giving it to others who had too little , and destroying the rest . It was resolved to march the army without tumult or vio- lence , if their return was not opposed ...
... fire to their tents and carriages ; such of them as had too much baggage giving it to others who had too little , and destroying the rest . It was resolved to march the army without tumult or vio- lence , if their return was not opposed ...
57. oldal
... fires , for they found plenty of wood ; but all the next day their march was through snow , when many of them , worn ... fire or provisions , so that several died of their hardships , and the enemy took some baggage . Some soldiers were ...
... fires , for they found plenty of wood ; but all the next day their march was through snow , when many of them , worn ... fire or provisions , so that several died of their hardships , and the enemy took some baggage . Some soldiers were ...
78. oldal
... fire by the vigorous sallies of the besieged . After beating down part of the wall with their battering - rams , they were aston- ished to see a new one behind it ; which was so suddenly built up that it seemed to rise out of the ground ...
... fire by the vigorous sallies of the besieged . After beating down part of the wall with their battering - rams , they were aston- ished to see a new one behind it ; which was so suddenly built up that it seemed to rise out of the ground ...
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126. oldal - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
126. oldal - As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
69. oldal - And as I was considering, behold, an hegoat came from the west, on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
125. oldal - Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
126. oldal - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
xvi. oldal - Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth...
254. oldal - Why, as to that, said he, I very seldom go up the ship-side, but deliver what I bring to their boat, or lie by the side, and they hoist it on board ; if I did, I think they are in no danger from me, for I never go into any house on shore, or touch anybody, no, not of my own family ; but I fetch provisions for them.
119. oldal - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
xvi. oldal - And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, " I am, and there is none beside me:" how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his...
252. oldal - There, says he, they are all dead, the man and his wife and five children. There, says he, they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door ; and so of other houses. Why...