A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time: Including an Account of the Celebrated Revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva &c. &c. Together with an Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the Late Military Operations; and Other Important Events, Volume 1G. Kearsley, 1795 - World history |
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... became a hus- bandman , and the latter a fhepherd . Their tempers were as different as their occupations . Cain was wicked and ava- ricious , whilft Abel was juft and virtuous . It was ufual in the infancy of the world to present ob ...
... became a hus- bandman , and the latter a fhepherd . Their tempers were as different as their occupations . Cain was wicked and ava- ricious , whilft Abel was juft and virtuous . It was ufual in the infancy of the world to present ob ...
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... became a preacher of righteousness to the degenerate race among whom he lived , employing both his counfel and authority to flop them in their mad career . When all his endeavours to reclaim them proved ineffectual , " he departed from ...
... became a preacher of righteousness to the degenerate race among whom he lived , employing both his counfel and authority to flop them in their mad career . When all his endeavours to reclaim them proved ineffectual , " he departed from ...
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... became dry and full of chinks , fo that the fun's rays , pene- trating to the internal abyfs , rarefied the waters , which , by their dilation , at length broke the upper furface . The frame of the earth being thus broken in pieces ...
... became dry and full of chinks , fo that the fun's rays , pene- trating to the internal abyfs , rarefied the waters , which , by their dilation , at length broke the upper furface . The frame of the earth being thus broken in pieces ...
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... became the haunts of wild beafts , the great heroilm of those times confifted in clearing the ground , and extirpating thofe favage animals , which held mankind under continual alarms , and hindered them from enlarging their habitations ...
... became the haunts of wild beafts , the great heroilm of those times confifted in clearing the ground , and extirpating thofe favage animals , which held mankind under continual alarms , and hindered them from enlarging their habitations ...
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... became the founder of a monarchy . The voice of Hiftory confirms this account . Most of the great conquefts in every quarter of the world have been made by people in this defcription . The kingdoms established in the eaft retained the ...
... became the founder of a monarchy . The voice of Hiftory confirms this account . Most of the great conquefts in every quarter of the world have been made by people in this defcription . The kingdoms established in the eaft retained the ...
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Page 244 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 411 - No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Page 374 - III. The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty; nor can any individual, or any body of men, be entitled to any authority which is not expressly derived from it.
Page 195 - Caesar now commanded the cohorts to pursue their success, and advancing, charged Pompey's troops upon the flank ; this charge the enemy withstood for some time with great bravery, till he brought up his third line, which had not yet engaged. Pompey's infantry being thus doubly attacked, in front by fresh troops and in rear by the victorious cohorts, could no longer resist, but fled to their camp. The...
Page 432 - It is you," continued he to the members, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.
Page 283 - Very faint vestiges of the Roman policy, jurisprudence, arts, or literature remained. New forms of government, new laws, new manners, new dresses, new languages, and new names of men and countries, were every where introduced.
Page 432 - For shame," said he to the parliament, "get you gone; give place to honester men; to those who will more faithfully discharge their trust. You are no longer a parliament : I tell you, you are no longer a parliament. The Lord has done with you : he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work.
Page 346 - sat on every face ; silence, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment ; the ladies and courtiers were ranged on each side...
Page 196 - Achilles, the commander of the forces, and Septimius, by birth a Roman, and who had formerly been a centurion in Pompey's army, were appointed to carry -their opinion into execution.
Page 194 - Caesar's soldiers were now rushing on with their usual impetuosity, when, perceiving the enemy motionless, they all stopped short, as if by general consent, and halted in the midst of their career. A terrible pause ensued, in which both armies continued to gaze upon each other with mutual terror and dreadful serenity.