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... reason had no desire to speak of their ancestors ; nor is it clear that the original settlers of every country were unacquainted with letters , and for that reason could not preserve their history ; though that in many instances was ...
... reason had no desire to speak of their ancestors ; nor is it clear that the original settlers of every country were unacquainted with letters , and for that reason could not preserve their history ; though that in many instances was ...
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... reasons for believing , that Noah , about one hundred and fifty years after the flood , removed from Persia to China , of which he became the first patriarch , or emperor ; and the fabulous history of the Chinese writers , makes this ...
... reasons for believing , that Noah , about one hundred and fifty years after the flood , removed from Persia to China , of which he became the first patriarch , or emperor ; and the fabulous history of the Chinese writers , makes this ...
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... reason the Egyptians were called a nation meted out . It appears that a great proportion of the inhabitants of that king- dom lived upon their own lands . If this had not been the case , they could not have subsisted , during a long ...
... reason the Egyptians were called a nation meted out . It appears that a great proportion of the inhabitants of that king- dom lived upon their own lands . If this had not been the case , they could not have subsisted , during a long ...
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... reason he assigns for this difference is , that the common people in Scotland and Switzerland are more generally instructed than in any other part of the civilized world . They are more gene- rally taught to read , and are taught the ...
... reason he assigns for this difference is , that the common people in Scotland and Switzerland are more generally instructed than in any other part of the civilized world . They are more gene- rally taught to read , and are taught the ...
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... reason to dread , lest in coming to chastise them , my blows fall on thy head . " Like the Romans , also , they treated their vassal nations with extreme rigour . If there were any delay in the render of the annu- al tribute , military ...
... reason to dread , lest in coming to chastise them , my blows fall on thy head . " Like the Romans , also , they treated their vassal nations with extreme rigour . If there were any delay in the render of the annu- al tribute , military ...
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Seite 40 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Seite 148 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Seite 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Seite 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Seite 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Seite 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Seite 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Seite xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,