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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... carried on , according to fome , twenty - two years § , and ac- cording to others forty || . The human race , being thus fcattered over the earth , had no bond of connection , but every individual was furrounded with wants and dangers ...
... carried on , according to fome , twenty - two years § , and ac- cording to others forty || . The human race , being thus fcattered over the earth , had no bond of connection , but every individual was furrounded with wants and dangers ...
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... carried their difcoveries in aftronomy . They had found out , and taught as fixed principles , that each of the planets moved in an orbit , or courfe peculiar to itfelf ; that they were impelled with different degrees of ve- locity ...
... carried their difcoveries in aftronomy . They had found out , and taught as fixed principles , that each of the planets moved in an orbit , or courfe peculiar to itfelf ; that they were impelled with different degrees of ve- locity ...
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... carried their pretenfions to an incredible extent . The priests of Thebes , according to Herodotus , affigned to their monarchy a dura- tion of 11,340 years . Laying afide incredible tales , Egypt prefents us with an appearance , which ...
... carried their pretenfions to an incredible extent . The priests of Thebes , according to Herodotus , affigned to their monarchy a dura- tion of 11,340 years . Laying afide incredible tales , Egypt prefents us with an appearance , which ...
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... carried the Jews captive into Affyria ; Salmanaffar took Samaria , and Senacherib befieged Jerufalem ; but the angel of God deftroyed 185,000 of his army in one night . On his return from this expedition , he was murdered by his own ...
... carried the Jews captive into Affyria ; Salmanaffar took Samaria , and Senacherib befieged Jerufalem ; but the angel of God deftroyed 185,000 of his army in one night . On his return from this expedition , he was murdered by his own ...
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... carried it to the moft wicked excefs . They not only had many wives , but even married their own fifters . They afpired to divine honours , and with the most wanton cruelty , fported with the lives of their fubjects . Whilft they ...
... carried it to the moft wicked excefs . They not only had many wives , but even married their own fifters . They afpired to divine honours , and with the most wanton cruelty , fported with the lives of their fubjects . Whilft they ...
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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.