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... period , " observed the John Bull , in a mentary chapters contributed by C. K. notice of the fourth edition of this work , Watson , M.A. of Trinity College , Cam- " the want of an ably digested history bridge , on the civilisation ...
... period , " observed the John Bull , in a mentary chapters contributed by C. K. notice of the fourth edition of this work , Watson , M.A. of Trinity College , Cam- " the want of an ably digested history bridge , on the civilisation ...
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... period ? The inhabitants were savage , rude , and barba- rous , having little or no intercourse with the civilised part of mankind . What part of Europe was first civilised ? Athens ; founded by Cecrops ; who having landed here , about ...
... period ? The inhabitants were savage , rude , and barba- rous , having little or no intercourse with the civilised part of mankind . What part of Europe was first civilised ? Athens ; founded by Cecrops ; who having landed here , about ...
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... period there were twenty - seven kings . When did the Athenians change the form of their government ? On the death of Codrus , who heroically sacri- ficed himself for his country , in the year B.C. What happened contemporaneously with ...
... period there were twenty - seven kings . When did the Athenians change the form of their government ? On the death of Codrus , who heroically sacri- ficed himself for his country , in the year B.C. What happened contemporaneously with ...
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... period ? By two kings who reigned jointly ; but their power was very limited , and their chief use was to head the army in military expeditions . When were the Spartan laws new - modelled ? Eight hundred and eighty - four years B.C. ...
... period ? By two kings who reigned jointly ; but their power was very limited , and their chief use was to head the army in military expeditions . When were the Spartan laws new - modelled ? Eight hundred and eighty - four years B.C. ...
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... period ? The inhabitants were savage , rude , and barba- rous , having little or no intercourse with the civilised part of mankind . What part of Europe was first civilised ? Athens ; founded by Cecrops ; who having landed here , about ...
... period ? The inhabitants were savage , rude , and barba- rous , having little or no intercourse with the civilised part of mankind . What part of Europe was first civilised ? Athens ; founded by Cecrops ; who having landed here , about ...
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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.