Historical and miscellaneous questionsD. Appleton & Company, 1859 - 396 oldal |
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Richmal Mangnall. improvements in arts or arms : thus , from every successful war , his city gained fresh strength , power , and reputation . How long did the regal power subsist in Rome ? Two hundred and forty - three years ; when ...
Richmal Mangnall. improvements in arts or arms : thus , from every successful war , his city gained fresh strength , power , and reputation . How long did the regal power subsist in Rome ? Two hundred and forty - three years ; when ...
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... successful spread of the Mahometan re- ligion ; Jerusalem taken by the Saracens , - fol- lowers of Mahomet ; and the Alexandrian library ( that great repository for general learning ) sup- posed to be burnt by the command of their ...
... successful spread of the Mahometan re- ligion ; Jerusalem taken by the Saracens , - fol- lowers of Mahomet ; and the Alexandrian library ( that great repository for general learning ) sup- posed to be burnt by the command of their ...
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... civil war , which continued to be waged with various success till 1840 , when a pacification was effected , and Isabella II . is now For what was the year 1848 remarkable ? For a in possession of the throne . CENTURY , NINETEENTH . 23.
... civil war , which continued to be waged with various success till 1840 , when a pacification was effected , and Isabella II . is now For what was the year 1848 remarkable ? For a in possession of the throne . CENTURY , NINETEENTH . 23.
39. oldal
... success was doubtful . What was Athos ? A famous mountain in Macedonia : Xerxes , in his expedition against the Grecian states , ordered a passage to be cut through a part of it , which protruded itself as a promontory into the sea , in ...
... success was doubtful . What was Athos ? A famous mountain in Macedonia : Xerxes , in his expedition against the Grecian states , ordered a passage to be cut through a part of it , which protruded itself as a promontory into the sea , in ...
47. oldal
... , and Thessalians sided with the Amphictyons . Which were successful in this struggle ? The Amphictyonic party , by whom the Pho- When was the battle of Charonea fought ? In the cians were almost exterminated . GRECIAN HISTORY . 47.
... , and Thessalians sided with the Amphictyons . Which were successful in this struggle ? The Amphictyonic party , by whom the Pho- When was the battle of Charonea fought ? In the cians were almost exterminated . GRECIAN HISTORY . 47.
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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.
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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.