Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volumen2Isaac Collins and sons, 1803 |
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... whilst he laboured under the persecution of Saul , consisted of bread , raisins , parched corn , a few sheep , and two bottles of wine . Honey was esteemed a peculiar delicacy ; and the milk of the goats and the fleece of the flocks ...
... whilst he laboured under the persecution of Saul , consisted of bread , raisins , parched corn , a few sheep , and two bottles of wine . Honey was esteemed a peculiar delicacy ; and the milk of the goats and the fleece of the flocks ...
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... whilst other apartments echoed with the lamen- tations of hired mourners , and the sound of such instruments as were deemed suitable to the occa- sion . In the mean time proper persons were appoint- ed to prepare the defunct for ...
... whilst other apartments echoed with the lamen- tations of hired mourners , and the sound of such instruments as were deemed suitable to the occa- sion . In the mean time proper persons were appoint- ed to prepare the defunct for ...
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... whilst he himself stayed to drive away the fowls from the sacrifice . As soon as the sun began to set , a deep sleep fell upon him , succeeded by a horror of great darkness ; during which , it was revealed to him , that his descendants ...
... whilst he himself stayed to drive away the fowls from the sacrifice . As soon as the sun began to set , a deep sleep fell upon him , succeeded by a horror of great darkness ; during which , it was revealed to him , that his descendants ...
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... whilst Leah was obliged to content herself with mere civility . Yet the latter was made the happy mother of many children , whilst her sister was , for a considerable length of time , supposed to be barren . Leah was soon delivered of a ...
... whilst Leah was obliged to content herself with mere civility . Yet the latter was made the happy mother of many children , whilst her sister was , for a considerable length of time , supposed to be barren . Leah was soon delivered of a ...
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... whilst he himself tarried at Mahanaim , and obtained a blessing from a divine apparition in the form of a man , with which he wrestled till break of day . His name was now changed from Jacob to Israel , which signifies a man that has ...
... whilst he himself tarried at Mahanaim , and obtained a blessing from a divine apparition in the form of a man , with which he wrestled till break of day . His name was now changed from Jacob to Israel , which signifies a man that has ...
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Página 351 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 351 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 65 - Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above : and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Página 348 - Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls were 87 feet thick, 350 feet high, and...
Página 79 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Página 100 - ... brought water out of the rock, and gave you a law from heaven. 12 Ye provoked him all ways, and desired for yourselves a molten calf, and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy Gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt...
Página 76 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Página 101 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river...
Página 348 - ... or convenience. A branch of the Euphrates divided the city into two, running through the midft of it, from north to fouth, over •which, in the very middle of the city, was a bridge, a furlong in length ", or...