Historical and Miscellaneous Questions for the Use of Young PeopleLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859 - 570 oldal |
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17. oldal
... caused many insurrections in the Eastern empire ; Bagdad became the resi- dence of the caliphs , and the Saracens conquered Spain ; Haroun al Rashid , the venerable Bede , and Boniface , the apostle of the Germans , flourished in this ...
... caused many insurrections in the Eastern empire ; Bagdad became the resi- dence of the caliphs , and the Saracens conquered Spain ; Haroun al Rashid , the venerable Bede , and Boniface , the apostle of the Germans , flourished in this ...
42. oldal
... caused any one citizen to mourn on my account . " Was this observation well founded ? No ; for the Peloponnesian war , which was brought on by him , and the plague consequent upon it , caused multitudes of his fellow - citizens to mourn ...
... caused any one citizen to mourn on my account . " Was this observation well founded ? No ; for the Peloponnesian war , which was brought on by him , and the plague consequent upon it , caused multitudes of his fellow - citizens to mourn ...
63. oldal
... caused the inventor to make the first trial of it himself . What became of Phalaris ? His tyranny so exasperated his subjects , that they ultimately inflicted upon him the punish- ment to which he had been in the habit of sub- jecting ...
... caused the inventor to make the first trial of it himself . What became of Phalaris ? His tyranny so exasperated his subjects , that they ultimately inflicted upon him the punish- ment to which he had been in the habit of sub- jecting ...
92. oldal
... caused his mother Agrippina , Se- neca his tutor , Lucan the poet , and many others , to be put to death . What was his fate ? The senate condemned him to be thrown from the Tarpeian rock , but the tyrant prevented the execution of the ...
... caused his mother Agrippina , Se- neca his tutor , Lucan the poet , and many others , to be put to death . What was his fate ? The senate condemned him to be thrown from the Tarpeian rock , but the tyrant prevented the execution of the ...
93. oldal
... caused such frequent animosities be- tween religious sects ? Their bigotry . What calamities have befallen the Jews ? Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , in the reign of Zedekiah , and the Jews were led captive to ...
... caused such frequent animosities be- tween religious sects ? Their bigotry . What calamities have befallen the Jews ? Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon , in the reign of Zedekiah , and the Jews were led captive to ...
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322. oldal - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
467. oldal - Mens sana in corpore sano, a sound mind in a sound body, will be always able to make a good citizen.
548. oldal - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
530. oldal - And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
547. oldal - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
551. oldal - ... that it was much better to fall into the hands of God, than into those of his enemies.
344. oldal - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
530. oldal - Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let yoii go, and ye shall stay no longer.
566. oldal - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
547. oldal - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.