Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Том 111845 |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 100
Сторінка 3
... tion , and demanded that the Proconsul in Pannonia should be declared a public enemy , and even that every Soldier who after a certain day continued to follow his standard , should be pronounced to have forfeited his life . Meanwhile ...
... tion , and demanded that the Proconsul in Pannonia should be declared a public enemy , and even that every Soldier who after a certain day continued to follow his standard , should be pronounced to have forfeited his life . Meanwhile ...
Сторінка 11
... tion ; for the effects of an unhealthy climate , combined with a scanty supply of food , soon reduced the Romans to great extremities , and compelled them to abandon their conquest . Severus , therefore , to procure for his men the ...
... tion ; for the effects of an unhealthy climate , combined with a scanty supply of food , soon reduced the Romans to great extremities , and compelled them to abandon their conquest . Severus , therefore , to procure for his men the ...
Сторінка 14
... tion of the character of Severus . One of the authors of the Augustan History applies to him an expression which was suggested by the effects which the conduct of the first Roman Emperor had upon the fortunes of his Country , namely ...
... tion of the character of Severus . One of the authors of the Augustan History applies to him an expression which was suggested by the effects which the conduct of the first Roman Emperor had upon the fortunes of his Country , namely ...
Сторінка 19
... tion , at length agreed to it . But the authority of Dion , in this instance , seems entitled to greater confidence . He assures us that the Parthian King , seeing through the unjust and ambitious designs of Caracalla , resolutely ...
... tion , at length agreed to it . But the authority of Dion , in this instance , seems entitled to greater confidence . He assures us that the Parthian King , seeing through the unjust and ambitious designs of Caracalla , resolutely ...
Сторінка 20
... tion the Gauls were admitted into the Senate ; a privilege which they ever afterwards retained : and at a later period , when the Sovereigns themselves were chosen from among the colonists of Spain , and even of Africa , the line which ...
... tion the Gauls were admitted into the Senate ; a privilege which they ever afterwards retained : and at a later period , when the Sovereigns themselves were chosen from among the colonists of Spain , and even of Africa , the line which ...
Загальні терміни та фрази
Abulfeda Africa afterwards Alemanni Alexandria Ammian ancient Antioch appears Arian arms army Augustus Aurel Aurelius authority Barbarians battle Biography Bishop body Cæsar Caracalla century character Christ Christian Church command conduct conqueror conquest Constantinople Constantius Country Danube death defeat Diocletian Dion Cassius Divine doctrines Eccles Emperor Empire enemy Euseb Eusebius Eutrop Evil Faith father favour Galerius Gallienus Gaul Gothic Goths Government Greek Hær Heresy Heretics Herodian Hist History honour Ibid IIIrd Imperial Irenæus Italy Julian Khalif King Koreish latter Legions Macrinus Magnentius Manich Marcion Maximus ment military Mohammed Monarchy nations nature opinions origin Pagan Pannonia peace Persecution Persian person possession Præfect Prætorian Prince Prophet Provinces punishment rank reign Religion Roman Rome Sapor Saracen Sect Senate Severus soldiers soon Sovereign Spain spirit Stilicho success successor Syria Tertull Tertullian Theodoret Theodosius Throne tion Tribes troops Valens victory Visigothic writers Zosim Zosimus
Популярні уривки
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.