The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectS. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875 - Počet stran: 416 |
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... Roman province under the name of Achaia , in 146 B.C. The religion of Greece was imported from Asia Minor and Egypt , but it was greatly modified and refined . Polytheism prevailed ; but the gods were not mere hideous creations to ...
... Roman province under the name of Achaia , in 146 B.C. The religion of Greece was imported from Asia Minor and Egypt , but it was greatly modified and refined . Polytheism prevailed ; but the gods were not mere hideous creations to ...
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... Roman civilization , since it was nothing more than an inferior reproduction of what was borrowed from Greece . Rome produced Jurisconsults , Histo- rians , Orators , Dramatists , and Poets - all of great eminence , but none that ...
... Roman civilization , since it was nothing more than an inferior reproduction of what was borrowed from Greece . Rome produced Jurisconsults , Histo- rians , Orators , Dramatists , and Poets - all of great eminence , but none that ...
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... Roman historians , born 54 years after Christ . In his " Annals , " which extend from the death of the Emperor Augustus to that of Nero , he remarks " All nations and cities must be governed either by the People , the First men , or a ...
... Roman historians , born 54 years after Christ . In his " Annals , " which extend from the death of the Emperor Augustus to that of Nero , he remarks " All nations and cities must be governed either by the People , the First men , or a ...
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... Roman history : the first Monarchical , the second Consular , the last Imperial . Rome was founded 753 B.C. , and began with a Monarchical regime , which lasted 244 years . Then arose what is called the Republic , if such a term can be ...
... Roman history : the first Monarchical , the second Consular , the last Imperial . Rome was founded 753 B.C. , and began with a Monarchical regime , which lasted 244 years . Then arose what is called the Republic , if such a term can be ...
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... Roman power was at its height . The frontiers extended to Britain , the Elbe , the Rhine , the Danube , the Black Sea , the Euphrates , the Desert of Africa , and the Atlantic . The Roman Empire was divided in 364 A.D. into East and ...
... Roman power was at its height . The frontiers extended to Britain , the Elbe , the Rhine , the Danube , the Black Sea , the Euphrates , the Desert of Africa , and the Atlantic . The Roman Empire was divided in 364 A.D. into East and ...
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Strana 364 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 4 - Round Table. With Biographical Introduction. The Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend. By Sir THOMAS BROWNE, Knt. Ballad Poetry of the Affections. By ROBERT BUCHANAN. Coleridge's Christabel, and other Imaginative Poems. With Preface by ALGERNON C. SWINBURNE. Lord Chesterfield's Letters, Sentences and Maxims.
Strana 386 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Strana 40 - The volumes before us show a vast amount of diligence ; but with Webster it is diligence in combination with fancifulness, — with Worcester in combination with good sense and judgment. Worcester's is the soberer and safer book, and may be pronounced the best existing English Lexicon.
Strana 16 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language. Second and enlarged Edition. "The most extensive dictionary of quotation we have met with.** — Notes and Queries. Essays by Montaigne. Edited, Compared, Revised, and Annotated by the Author of "The Gentle Life.
Strana 24 - Table." 3. The Minister's Wooing. By the Author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." 4. Views Afoot. By BAYARD TAYLOR. 5. Kathrina, Her Life and Mine. By JG HOLLAND. 6. Hans Brinker: or. Life in Holland. By Mrs. DODGE.
Strana 215 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Strana 326 - We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
Strana 203 - THE State of Monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for Kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.
Strana 11 - Butler ( WF) The Great Lone Land; an Account of the Red River Expedition, 1869-70. With Illustrations and Map. Fifth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7*.