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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... enemy , the fecrets of the ftate , had their tongues cut out . Robbers and fharpers were allowed to have a chief , to whom they promifed to deliver all their booty . When any thing was ftolen , the lofer immediately applied to the chief ...
... enemy , the fecrets of the ftate , had their tongues cut out . Robbers and fharpers were allowed to have a chief , to whom they promifed to deliver all their booty . When any thing was ftolen , the lofer immediately applied to the chief ...
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... enemy , and flain . This great man was educated according to the ftrict and excellent manner of the Perfians , who paid the greatest at- tention to the education of their children . He poffeffed thofe natural and acquired qualifications ...
... enemy , and flain . This great man was educated according to the ftrict and excellent manner of the Perfians , who paid the greatest at- tention to the education of their children . He poffeffed thofe natural and acquired qualifications ...
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... enemy could , in thefe days , make himself mafter of one county in this ifland . Thus the em- pire of the Perfians was transferred to the Grecians , after it had stood about 209 years . This event happened 330 years before Chrift . The ...
... enemy could , in thefe days , make himself mafter of one county in this ifland . Thus the em- pire of the Perfians was transferred to the Grecians , after it had stood about 209 years . This event happened 330 years before Chrift . The ...
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... enemy marched in perfon a fecond time against Jerufalem ; and regardless of the young king's fubmiffions , he ranfacked the temple , the palace , and the city . He carried off not only the treasures , but the greatest part of the ...
... enemy marched in perfon a fecond time against Jerufalem ; and regardless of the young king's fubmiffions , he ranfacked the temple , the palace , and the city . He carried off not only the treasures , but the greatest part of the ...
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... enemy . Alex- ander , provoked at this refufal , had no fooner completed the reduction of Tyre , than he marched immediately to Jerufa lem with the intention of punishing the Jews , who , in the mean time , implored the protection of ...
... enemy . Alex- ander , provoked at this refufal , had no fooner completed the reduction of Tyre , than he marched immediately to Jerufa lem with the intention of punishing the Jews , who , in the mean time , implored the protection of ...
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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...
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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.
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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.