Instances of the Mutability of FortuneJ.S. Jordan, 1791 - 453 páginas |
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... Perfians , an empire which at that time was comprized of one hundred and twenty - feven provinces , extending from India to Ethiopia ; and when he had regulated all the concerns of this vaft tract , which was not till the third year of ...
... Perfians , an empire which at that time was comprized of one hundred and twenty - feven provinces , extending from India to Ethiopia ; and when he had regulated all the concerns of this vaft tract , which was not till the third year of ...
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... Perfian mule fhall << ( 6 come , and , by the affiftance of your own gods , fhall load your necks with a moft ' galling yoke ; and this deftruction fhall be- " fal you by means of a Mede , in whom the Affyrians were wont greatly to ...
... Perfian mule fhall << ( 6 come , and , by the affiftance of your own gods , fhall load your necks with a moft ' galling yoke ; and this deftruction fhall be- " fal you by means of a Mede , in whom the Affyrians were wont greatly to ...
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... Perfians , under Cyrus , was , during the night of one of its great festivals , furprifed and taken by ftratagem ... Per- fians became mafters of the place . The taking of Babylon put an end to the Babylonian empire , and fulfilled the ...
... Perfians , under Cyrus , was , during the night of one of its great festivals , furprifed and taken by ftratagem ... Per- fians became mafters of the place . The taking of Babylon put an end to the Babylonian empire , and fulfilled the ...
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... Perfians , roused his martial fpirit , and diverted his mind to other purfuits . Crofus , apprehending that the great fuc- cefs which attended Cyrus in all his under- takings , might at laft prove dangerous to him- felf , he refolved ...
... Perfians , roused his martial fpirit , and diverted his mind to other purfuits . Crofus , apprehending that the great fuc- cefs which attended Cyrus in all his under- takings , might at laft prove dangerous to him- felf , he refolved ...
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... Perfians . The oracle returned this answer : 66 If Crafus paffes the Halys , he will put an end to a vaft empire . ' This vaft empire was capable of being inter- preted , either of Perfia , or of Lydia . Crofus , hearing this answer ...
... Perfians . The oracle returned this answer : 66 If Crafus paffes the Halys , he will put an end to a vaft empire . ' This vaft empire was capable of being inter- preted , either of Perfia , or of Lydia . Crofus , hearing this answer ...
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Página 83 - 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 22 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 82 - 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 - For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Página 65 - And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews ; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Página 21 - I will lodge : thy people mall be my ** people, and thy God my God : where " thou dieft, will I die, and there will I " be buried : the Lord do fo to me, and " more alfo, if ought but death part thee
Página 178 - After this, Mahomet went out of the temple with the angel Gabriel, and found a ladder of light ready fixed for them, which they immediately ascended, leaving Alborak tied to a rock till their return. On their arrival at the...
Página 1 - ... herb of the field ; in the fweat of thy face malt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it waft thou taken : for duft thou art, and unto duft fhalt thou return.
Página 65 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple : and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Página 164 - ... him or his religion to be answered ; any difficulty to be solved ; any discontent among his people to be quieted, any offence to be removed, or any thing...