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... Empire 329 History of the Assyrian Empire N. B. The two next volumes contain the History of Greece from the earliest periods , till its subjugation into a Roman Province . THE HISTORY OF THE CANAANITES AND PHILISTINES . SECT .
... Empire 329 History of the Assyrian Empire N. B. The two next volumes contain the History of Greece from the earliest periods , till its subjugation into a Roman Province . THE HISTORY OF THE CANAANITES AND PHILISTINES . SECT .
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... Romans divided it into tetrarchies and topar- chies ; and , after various changes that took place under the northern barbarians , Saracens , & c . the Turks reduced it to a province under the bashawship of Damascus . It will , however ...
... Romans divided it into tetrarchies and topar- chies ; and , after various changes that took place under the northern barbarians , Saracens , & c . the Turks reduced it to a province under the bashawship of Damascus . It will , however ...
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... Roman castle , the materials of which are so firm that the hammer will make no impression on them . The Greeks have here a handsome church , with a fine roof , supported by marble pillars of the Corinthian order . The castle is the ...
... Roman castle , the materials of which are so firm that the hammer will make no impression on them . The Greeks have here a handsome church , with a fine roof , supported by marble pillars of the Corinthian order . The castle is the ...
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... from Judas Maccabeus to the Reduction of Judea by the Romans . B. C. 166 . JUDA UDAS Maccabeus , succeeding his fa- ther in the command of the army , led led forth his brethren against the foe so sud- denly 202 JEWS .
... from Judas Maccabeus to the Reduction of Judea by the Romans . B. C. 166 . JUDA UDAS Maccabeus , succeeding his fa- ther in the command of the army , led led forth his brethren against the foe so sud- denly 202 JEWS .
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... succeeded his last victory , he resolved to pro- cure an alliance with the Romans , which might prove a strong protection against the injustice 1 and and oppression of the Syrians . His proposals were readily 216 JEWS .
... succeeded his last victory , he resolved to pro- cure an alliance with the Romans , which might prove a strong protection against the injustice 1 and and oppression of the Syrians . His proposals were readily 216 JEWS .
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Página 348 - 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 348 - 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 66 - 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 80 - 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 27 - The plain on both sides from the sea of Tiberias, to the Asphaltite lake, is extremely arid and unwholesome during the heat of summer, and every where steril, except that part which lies contiguous to the river. Among the most remarkable curiosities of Palestine, may be justly reckoned various PETRIFACTIONS in the neighbourhood of Mount Carmel, which bear the most exact resemblance to citrons, melons, olives, peaches, and other vegetable productions. Here are also found a kind of oysters, and bunches...
Página 37 - The altar is adorned with three crosses, and other costly embellishments, among which are forty-six silver lamps that are kept constantly burning. Contiguous to this is another small chapel fronting the body of the church. At the west end is the chapel of the sepulchre, hewn out of the solid rock, and ornamented with pillars of porphyry. The cloister round the sepulchre is divided into several chapels for the use of the different Christian sects who reside there; and on the north-west are the apartments...
Página 78 - 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 99 - 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 136 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Página 343 - 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...