An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Zväzok 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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Strana vii
... Egyptian nation to its conqueft by the Perfians , when the fevere prediction of the prophet was fulfilled , There fhall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt . And here to ac- quaint the reader , in a few words , with the method we ...
... Egyptian nation to its conqueft by the Perfians , when the fevere prediction of the prophet was fulfilled , There fhall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt . And here to ac- quaint the reader , in a few words , with the method we ...
Strana xii
... Egyptian by birth , high - prieft and keeper of the facred records of that nation , flourished in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus , by whofe order he undertook the hiftory of Egypt , tranflating out of the Egyptian language , into the ...
... Egyptian by birth , high - prieft and keeper of the facred records of that nation , flourished in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus , by whofe order he undertook the hiftory of Egypt , tranflating out of the Egyptian language , into the ...
Strana xv
... Egypt . His catalogue of these princes , which has met with a very favourable reception , we have inferted vol . ii . p . 14 , 15. and given there a particular account both of the author and his performance , p . 24 , 25. of that volume ...
... Egypt . His catalogue of these princes , which has met with a very favourable reception , we have inferted vol . ii . p . 14 , 15. and given there a particular account both of the author and his performance , p . 24 , 25. of that volume ...
Strana lvi
... Egypt reckoned from the reign of Menes to Sethon , who put Sennacherib to flight , 341 genera- tions , as many priests of Vulcan , and an equal number of kings of Egypt . He adds , that three generations make an hundred years ; fo that ...
... Egypt reckoned from the reign of Menes to Sethon , who put Sennacherib to flight , 341 genera- tions , as many priests of Vulcan , and an equal number of kings of Egypt . He adds , that three generations make an hundred years ; fo that ...
Strana 45
... Egypt : but no Scythian king , except Mad , es , ever entered Syria , or approached Egypt ; and , that he did fo , we learn from Herodotus . This was the laft expedition of Ogus Khan , ac- cording to our author ; and it appears from ...
... Egypt : but no Scythian king , except Mad , es , ever entered Syria , or approached Egypt ; and , that he did fo , we learn from Herodotus . This was the laft expedition of Ogus Khan , ac- cording to our author ; and it appears from ...
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affift Affyrian Afia againſt Alexander alfo antient apud Arabia Arabs Armenia ARRIAN Bayer Befieged Bookfeller Cæfar Carthaginians character Chineſe chofen Chrift Chriftian confequently confiderable conquefts defcendents defcribed Defeated Diodorus Siculus Egypt Egyptians emperor empire faid fame feems fent fettled feven feveral fhould fince firft firſt fituate fome ftate fubdued fubjects fuccefs fuch fuppofed Gaul Greeks Herodotus hift hiftorian hiftory himſelf ibid ifland India Indians Jews Jofeph John Khan killed king kingdom laft leaft leaſt likewife Macedon Medes moft Moguls moſt muft muſt nations obferved occafion Oxon paff paffage Parthia Perfians perfon Pompey Porus prefent prince Ptolemy put to death racter reafon reign river Romans Rome Scythians ſeems Septuagint Sinic STRAB Syria Tartars thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas thoſe Trajan ubi fup ubi fupra uſed vaft viii Whence named whofe xvii xviii
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Strana 194 - And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Strana 182 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Strana 113 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the...
Strana 131 - Chinese communicated their ideas by drawing on paper the natural images of the things they wished to express.
Strana 194 - Lord faid unto her: return unto thy miftrefs, and fubmit thyfelf under her hands. 10. And the Angel of the Lord faid unto her: I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbered for multitude.
Strana 124 - Of this we find traces in thofe ancient and valuable books, which the Chinefe call, by way of eminence, The Five Volumes, being the canonical or claffical books of the higheft rank, which they look upon as the fource of all their fcience and morality. . The chief object of their worfhip then, at firft was the Supreme Being, the Lord and Sovereign Principle of all things, whom they adored under the name either Shang-ti, that is Supreme Emperor, or Tyen, which, with the Chinefe, fignifies the fame...
Strana iii - By these records it is that we live, as it were, in the very time when the world was created ; we behold how it was governed in its...
Strana 140 - He created six ko-lau or Prime Ministers§ to assist him in governing his empire. He appointed a professor of music, whose duty was to explain the order and arrangement of the different tones. He taught the way of making flutes, fifes, and organs, trumpets that imitated the voice of the dragon, and drums that made the noise of thunder. He divided his country into principalities, in each of which he caused cities to be erected. He introduced the use of wheeled carriages, and the training of horses...
Strana xxiv - But curing Artaxerxes of a wound he received in the battle, he became a great favourite at the court of Persia, where he continued practising physic for 17 years, and was employed in several negotiations. He wrote the History of Persia...