Historical and miscellaneous questionsD. Appleton & Company, 1859 - 396 oldal |
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12. oldal
... defeated the Cimbri and Teutones invading Italy , in a vast multitude ; and over- threw Jugurtha , king of Numidia . Who stretched the Roman power to its utmost limit ? Julius Cæsar : he conquered Egypt , Asia , Spain , France , and ...
... defeated the Cimbri and Teutones invading Italy , in a vast multitude ; and over- threw Jugurtha , king of Numidia . Who stretched the Roman power to its utmost limit ? Julius Cæsar : he conquered Egypt , Asia , Spain , France , and ...
44. oldal
... defeating the thirty tyrants , who then usurped the government of Athens , and restoring freedom , passed an act of amnesty ( or general pardon ) , by which the citizens engaged , upon oath , to bury the past in oblivion . Which of the ...
... defeating the thirty tyrants , who then usurped the government of Athens , and restoring freedom , passed an act of amnesty ( or general pardon ) , by which the citizens engaged , upon oath , to bury the past in oblivion . Which of the ...
45. oldal
... defeated the Persian army near Sardis , and the Thebans in the plains of Charonea . Who were the Ephori ? Spartan magistrates , nine in number , of whom five could act collectively . All their fellow- citizens , even kings , were ...
... defeated the Persian army near Sardis , and the Thebans in the plains of Charonea . Who were the Ephori ? Spartan magistrates , nine in number , of whom five could act collectively . All their fellow- citizens , even kings , were ...
61. oldal
... defeated and taken prisoner , Sardis , the capital of his dominions , fell into the power of the victors . What kings in ancient history afford the most striking proof of the vicissitudes to which human life is subject ? The rich ...
... defeated and taken prisoner , Sardis , the capital of his dominions , fell into the power of the victors . What kings in ancient history afford the most striking proof of the vicissitudes to which human life is subject ? The rich ...
82. oldal
... defeated in the battle of Zama , after a wonderful display of valour and skill on both sides . The third Punic war was thus terminated , B.C. 146 . Name the four great battles in which Hannibal defeated the Romans . Ticinus , Trebia ...
... defeated in the battle of Zama , after a wonderful display of valour and skill on both sides . The third Punic war was thus terminated , B.C. 146 . Name the four great battles in which Hannibal defeated the Romans . Ticinus , Trebia ...
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302. 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.
544. oldal - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear ; for our God is a consuming fire.
522. 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.
525. oldal - ... that it was much better to fall into the hands of God, than into those of his enemies.
521. 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.
504. 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.
322. 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.
545. oldal - Maunder's Biographical Treasury; consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, and brief Notices of above 12,000 Eminent Persons of All Ages and Nations, from the Earliest Period of History: Forming a new and complete Dictionary of Universal Biography.
517. oldal - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
528. oldal - O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.