An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Zväzok 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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Strana iii
... manner eye - witneffes to all the events and revolu- tions , which have occafioned aftonishing changes in the world . 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 ...
... manner eye - witneffes to all the events and revolu- tions , which have occafioned aftonishing changes in the world . 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 ...
Strana vi
... manner in which that dreadful devastation was brought on the earth ; give fome account of the ark , whereby Noab and his family , with fuch kinds of living creatures as he took in with him , were delivered from that de- struction ; and ...
... manner in which that dreadful devastation was brought on the earth ; give fome account of the ark , whereby Noab and his family , with fuch kinds of living creatures as he took in with him , were delivered from that de- struction ; and ...
Strana vii
... manner we can , for the name or names which each na- tion bears ; then we proceed to a defcription of the country , containing an account of its fituation , extent , climate , divifions , fertility ; of its animal and vege- table ...
... manner we can , for the name or names which each na- tion bears ; then we proceed to a defcription of the country , containing an account of its fituation , extent , climate , divifions , fertility ; of its animal and vege- table ...
Strana xii
... manner of preparing incenfe to be used by the Egyptian priests . The two latter books are afcribed by Suidas to another Manetho , by birth a Mendefian ; but his authority in matters of this nature is little to be depended upon . He ...
... manner of preparing incenfe to be used by the Egyptian priests . The two latter books are afcribed by Suidas to another Manetho , by birth a Mendefian ; but his authority in matters of this nature is little to be depended upon . He ...
Strana xxx
... manner be applied to others : for though their works were interfperfed with many fabulous ftrokes , yet they might have furnished a ju- dicious hiftorian , that could diftinguish between truth and fiction , with good materials for an ...
... manner be applied to others : for though their works were interfperfed with many fabulous ftrokes , yet they might have furnished a ju- dicious hiftorian , that could diftinguish between truth and fiction , with good materials for an ...
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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...