Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Том 111845 |
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... Persian fine countries which are watered by the Tigris and Empire . Euphrates ; and also that , governed by a dynasty of Kings who perpetuated the name of their founder , they maintained an undisputed ascendency in that part of Asia ...
... Persian fine countries which are watered by the Tigris and Empire . Euphrates ; and also that , governed by a dynasty of Kings who perpetuated the name of their founder , they maintained an undisputed ascendency in that part of Asia ...
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... Persian Satraps , under the 235. authority of the Great King , whose glory , he added , he attacks the himself had in some measure retrieved , and whose Romans , territories he was determined to repossess . When in- who attempt ...
... Persian Satraps , under the 235. authority of the Great King , whose glory , he added , he attacks the himself had in some measure retrieved , and whose Romans , territories he was determined to repossess . When in- who attempt ...
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... Persian cavalry and bowmen , but also of Mauritanian slingers , Parthian archers , and other light troops se- lected from the Provincial armies , who were prepared to assail the Germans with weapons more formidable to their massy ...
... Persian cavalry and bowmen , but also of Mauritanian slingers , Parthian archers , and other light troops se- lected from the Provincial armies , who were prepared to assail the Germans with weapons more formidable to their massy ...
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... Persian ruler , which must have taken place at no great distance of time from the siege of Aquileia , occasioned a pause in the course of hos- tilities ; and it was not until Gordianus had been three years on the Throne , that Sapor ...
... Persian ruler , which must have taken place at no great distance of time from the siege of Aquileia , occasioned a pause in the course of hos- tilities ; and it was not until Gordianus had been three years on the Throne , that Sapor ...
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... Persian Monarch . Taking the field suddenly , and before the Romans were acquainted with back , he placed his foot on the neck of a Roman Em- that whenever the Persian Monarch mounted on horse- his design , Sapor advanced into ...
... Persian Monarch . Taking the field suddenly , and before the Romans were acquainted with back , he placed his foot on the neck of a Roman Em- that whenever the Persian Monarch mounted on horse- his design , Sapor advanced into ...
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Сторінка 158 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Сторінка 109 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Сторінка 149 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Сторінка 149 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Сторінка 217 - Heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp; Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore; Then lived the Almighty One...
Сторінка 217 - Almighty One : then, deep retired In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till, in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being.
Сторінка 166 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Сторінка 166 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Сторінка 159 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham.
Сторінка 173 - As the vicissitudes of tides are scarcely felt in those seas, the constant depth of the harbor allows goods to be landed on the quays without the assistance of boats; and it has been observed that in many places the largest vessels may rest their prows against the houses, while their sterns are floating in the water.