Mediæval historyUnion Book Company, 1906 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abbásside Abderrahman Abu Bekr Africa Allah Amida ancient Antioch Arabian Arabs Armenia Arsaces Artaxerxes Asia attack Bagdad Bahram barbarians battle became Belisarius besieged Byzantine capital Capture cavalry century Chosroës Christian civil Clovis command conquered conquest Constantinople Constantius II Cordova court crown Ctesiphon death defeated dominion East Eastern Roman Emperor Eastern Roman Empire Egypt Ephthalites Euphrates faith Fatimite fled force Frankish garrison Greek Heraclíus Hormisdas imperial invaded Invasion Isdigerd Islam Italy Jews Julian Justinian Khalif Khosrou Khosrou Nushirvan Khosrou Parviz king's kingdom Kobad Koran Koreish Lazica Lombard Mecca ment Mesopotamia Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedan monarch Moslem murdered Narses Nísibis nobles Omar Ostrogoths palace Paradise peace Perozes Persian army Persian Empire Persian king prince province reign religion religious retreat revolt Rome Sapor Sapor II Saracen Saxons sent Shahr-Barz siege silk soon sovereign Spain successor Syria territory thousand throne Tigris tion treaty tribes troops Turks Varahran victorious Visigothic Western
Pasajes populares
Página 1762 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Página 1792 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Página 1810 - When the sun shall be folded up ; and when the stars shall fall ; and when the mountains shall be made to pass away ; and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected ; and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together...
Página 1809 - God, is there anything of thy creation stronger than these mountains ? ' And God replied, ' Iron is stronger than the mountains ; for it breaks them.' ' And is there anything of thy creation stronger than iron ? ' ' Yes; fire is stronger than iron, for it melts it.
Página 1808 - GOD having secretly predetermined not only the adverse and prosperous fortune of every person in this world, in the most minute particulars, but also his faith or infidelity, his obedience or disobedience, and consequently his everlasting happiness or misery after death ; which fate or predestination...
Página 1605 - Paul ; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
Página 1628 - Also a Cheap Edition in I vol., 6s. Gordon's (General) Last Journal. A Facsimile of the last Journal received in England from GENERAL GORDON. Reproduced by Photo-lithography. Imperial 4to, ^3 3$. Events in his Life. From the Day of his Birth to the Day of his Death.
Página 1810 - There is no piety in turning your faces towards the East or the West, but he is pious who believeth in God, and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Scriptures and the Prophets ; who for the love of 'God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming...
Página 1830 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Página 1849 - That pusillanimous female submitted to pay a tribute, the double of which she ought to have exacted from the Barbarians. Restore therefore the fruits of your injustice, or abide the determination of the sword.