Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the World, from the Earliest Records to the Year 1808: With a Particular Reference to the State of Society, Literature, Religion, and Form of Government, in the United States of AmericaCopy-right secured, for the benefit of the family of Doctor Ramsay, and printed by assignment from them, by M. Carey & Son, 1819 |
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... Mecca and Medina were protected by the Ara- bian desert ; but the Moguls spread beyond the Tigris and the Euphrates , pillaged Aleppo and Damascus , and threatened to join the Franks in the deliverance of Jerusalem . Egypt would have ...
... Mecca and Medina were protected by the Ara- bian desert ; but the Moguls spread beyond the Tigris and the Euphrates , pillaged Aleppo and Damascus , and threatened to join the Franks in the deliverance of Jerusalem . Egypt would have ...
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... Mecca . Bajazet and Timour were rivals for glory ; and burned with a desire of trying their strength upon each other . The Mogul and Ottoman conquests now touched each other , and the doubtful limit had never been ascertained by time ...
... Mecca . Bajazet and Timour were rivals for glory ; and burned with a desire of trying their strength upon each other . The Mogul and Ottoman conquests now touched each other , and the doubtful limit had never been ascertained by time ...
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... fragrant and costly balm of Mecca , are her peculiar boast . Arabia is destitute of fo- rests ; but groves of dates , sycamores , & c . as well as scattered trees , appear among the mountains . The general aspect ARABIA . 43.
... fragrant and costly balm of Mecca , are her peculiar boast . Arabia is destitute of fo- rests ; but groves of dates , sycamores , & c . as well as scattered trees , appear among the mountains . The general aspect ARABIA . 43.
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... Mecca has from time immemorial been an object of reli- gious veneration ; and possessing no agricultural resources , but depending on distant supplies for the subsistence of its inhabitants , has , in all ages , owed its wealth and ...
... Mecca has from time immemorial been an object of reli- gious veneration ; and possessing no agricultural resources , but depending on distant supplies for the subsistence of its inhabitants , has , in all ages , owed its wealth and ...
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... Mecca , and , as well as the latter , at about a day's journey from the Red Sea . It was the first metropolis of the empire of the ca- liphs , but is now described as only a small town , remarkable for nothing , but the tomb of Mahomet ...
... Mecca , and , as well as the latter , at about a day's journey from the Red Sea . It was the first metropolis of the empire of the ca- liphs , but is now described as only a small town , remarkable for nothing , but the tomb of Mahomet ...
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Seite 191 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise ; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses ; and they shall lay thy stones, and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Seite 136 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Seite 80 - Verily, Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, is the apostle of God, and his word, which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him : honourable in this world, and in the world to come ; and one of those who approach near to the presence of God.
Seite 157 - I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace ; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to FOURTEEN.
Seite 62 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Seite 75 - According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression...
Seite 62 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Seite 334 - ... ceremony. Thus, when a man becomes infirm and weary of the world, he is said to invite his own children to eat him in the season when salt and limes are cheapest. He then ascends a tree, round which his friends and offspring assemble, and as they shake the tree, join in a funeral dirge the import of which is, 'The season is come, the fruit is ripe, and it must descend.