A Manual of Ancient and Modern History ...D. Appleton, 1845 - 797 Seiten |
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... army , and thus laid the foundation of the whole system of ancient warfare . A brief account of their military affairs will therefore illus- trate , not only their history , but that of the great Asiatic monarchies , and of the Greeks ...
... army , and thus laid the foundation of the whole system of ancient warfare . A brief account of their military affairs will therefore illus- trate , not only their history , but that of the great Asiatic monarchies , and of the Greeks ...
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... army of Greek and Carian mercen- aries , most of whom appear to have been pirates ; and having overcome all his rivals , once more united all Egypt into a single monarchy , of which Memphis ranked as the capital , though Sáis was ...
... army of Greek and Carian mercen- aries , most of whom appear to have been pirates ; and having overcome all his rivals , once more united all Egypt into a single monarchy , of which Memphis ranked as the capital , though Sáis was ...
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... army was encumbered by a multitude of old men , women , and children , beside servants and cattle ; before him was a large river , which he was to cross , equally exposed to the arms of those he went to attack , and those he left behind ...
... army was encumbered by a multitude of old men , women , and children , beside servants and cattle ; before him was a large river , which he was to cross , equally exposed to the arms of those he went to attack , and those he left behind ...
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... army , blockaded Saul , who had only about six hundred men under his command in the mountains of Gib'eah , but he was unexpectedly liberated from his dif- ficulties by the daring valor of his son Jonathan , who , accompanied only by his ...
... army , blockaded Saul , who had only about six hundred men under his command in the mountains of Gib'eah , but he was unexpectedly liberated from his dif- ficulties by the daring valor of his son Jonathan , who , accompanied only by his ...
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... army . Saul was encamped on Mount Gil'boa , with forces far inferior to the enemy . Eager to learn some- thing of his fate , he resolved to consult one of those unlawful diviners . who had been in better times severely proscribed ; he ...
... army . Saul was encamped on Mount Gil'boa , with forces far inferior to the enemy . Eager to learn some- thing of his fate , he resolved to consult one of those unlawful diviners . who had been in better times severely proscribed ; he ...
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Seite 40 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Seite 178 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Seite 179 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own } but they had all things common.
Seite 179 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, las he was] calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Seite 171 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
Seite 44 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.
Seite 759 - ... where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? and let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Seite 587 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day: The...
Seite 179 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Seite 42 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.