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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... force to break through an arch of folid matter , lying upon them , feveral hundred miles thick . According to the theory of the learned Whifton , the de- luge was owing to the near approach of a Comet , which , in its defcent towards ...
... force to break through an arch of folid matter , lying upon them , feveral hundred miles thick . According to the theory of the learned Whifton , the de- luge was owing to the near approach of a Comet , which , in its defcent towards ...
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... force of arms , that to which he had no juft title . Like many other conquerors , who wish to extend their dominion by the fword , he was the fcourge and deftroyer of the human race . He was fucceeded by his fon Cambyes , in fcripture ...
... force of arms , that to which he had no juft title . Like many other conquerors , who wish to extend their dominion by the fword , he was the fcourge and deftroyer of the human race . He was fucceeded by his fon Cambyes , in fcripture ...
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... forces the obfervance of that duty by the strongest motives of gratitude , hope , and fear . It directs our adoration to one God , the author of all bleffings ; it commands us to reve- rence his holy name ; and denounces the most ...
... forces the obfervance of that duty by the strongest motives of gratitude , hope , and fear . It directs our adoration to one God , the author of all bleffings ; it commands us to reve- rence his holy name ; and denounces the most ...
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... forces from their union , the Grecian States began to act with concert , and to undertake diftant expedi- . tions .. The firft of thefe was the expedition of the Argonauts , a real event , though blended with fiction . The Golden Fleece ...
... forces from their union , the Grecian States began to act with concert , and to undertake diftant expedi- . tions .. The firft of thefe was the expedition of the Argonauts , a real event , though blended with fiction . The Golden Fleece ...
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... forces of the Greeks amounted to ; but the general computation is , that they confifted of more than a thousand fhips , and an hundred thousand men . To relate the minute particulars of this war would be too tedious , and perhaps not ...
... forces of the Greeks amounted to ; but the general computation is , that they confifted of more than a thousand fhips , and an hundred thousand men . To relate the minute particulars of this war would be too tedious , and perhaps not ...
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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.