Instances of the Mutability of FortuneJ.S. Jordan, 1791 - 453 páginas |
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... feems to stand , May die an exile in a foreign land . T HEMISTOCLES feems to be the best entitled , among the Greeks of emi- nence , to a place in this felection of Inftances of the mutability of fortune : his family , ac- cording to ...
... feems to stand , May die an exile in a foreign land . T HEMISTOCLES feems to be the best entitled , among the Greeks of emi- nence , to a place in this felection of Inftances of the mutability of fortune : his family , ac- cording to ...
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... feems to have favoured Marius very much in his expedition against the Bar- barians ; for , as in their approach to Italy they turned afide in order to make a conqueft of Spain , he had thereby time to exercise his troops , to confirm ...
... feems to have favoured Marius very much in his expedition against the Bar- barians ; for , as in their approach to Italy they turned afide in order to make a conqueft of Spain , he had thereby time to exercise his troops , to confirm ...
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... feems , long lain idle , as he had not been beftrode , from the time of Chrift , ( there having been no prophet in all that interval to employ him ) , he was grown fo reftive , that he would not ftand ftill for Mahomet to get upon him ...
... feems , long lain idle , as he had not been beftrode , from the time of Chrift , ( there having been no prophet in all that interval to employ him ) , he was grown fo reftive , that he would not ftand ftill for Mahomet to get upon him ...
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... feems to have been greatly fuperior to any of the preceding ca- liphs . His magnanimity , his courage , and conduct in war , were as much above all com- petition , as were the fanctity of his life . But that which gives the character of ...
... feems to have been greatly fuperior to any of the preceding ca- liphs . His magnanimity , his courage , and conduct in war , were as much above all com- petition , as were the fanctity of his life . But that which gives the character of ...
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... feems to have been greatly fuperior to any of the preceding ca- liphs . His magnanimity , his courage , and conduct in war , were as much above all com- petition , as were the fanctity of his life . But that which gives the character of ...
... feems to have been greatly fuperior to any of the preceding ca- liphs . His magnanimity , his courage , and conduct in war , were as much above all com- petition , as were the fanctity of his life . But that which gives the character of ...
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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...