The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectS. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875 - Počet stran: 416 |
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... entered Europe . More Egyptians and Phoenicians followed ; amongst whom were Cecrops , who founded Athens 1643 B.C. , and Cadmus , who is supposed to have brought the alphabet of Phoenicia into Greece . During this period , Agriculture ...
... entered Europe . More Egyptians and Phoenicians followed ; amongst whom were Cecrops , who founded Athens 1643 B.C. , and Cadmus , who is supposed to have brought the alphabet of Phoenicia into Greece . During this period , Agriculture ...
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... entered the mouth . of a dark cave . They passed through long galleries , moist with damp and odorous of death , for coffins were ranged on either side in tiers one above the other . But soon sweet music sounded from the depth of the ...
... entered the mouth . of a dark cave . They passed through long galleries , moist with damp and odorous of death , for coffins were ranged on either side in tiers one above the other . But soon sweet music sounded from the depth of the ...
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... entered the temples ; they were governed by laws which strange and fearful oaths bound them ever to obey ; their speech was not as the speech of ordinary men ; they buried instead of burning the bodies of the dead ; they married ; they ...
... entered the temples ; they were governed by laws which strange and fearful oaths bound them ever to obey ; their speech was not as the speech of ordinary men ; they buried instead of burning the bodies of the dead ; they married ; they ...
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... entering into eternal happiness . The Christians , therefore , encountered it with joy ; and the sight of their cheerful countenances as they were led to exe- cution induced many to inquire what this belief could be that seemed to rob ...
... entering into eternal happiness . The Christians , therefore , encountered it with joy ; and the sight of their cheerful countenances as they were led to exe- cution induced many to inquire what this belief could be that seemed to rob ...
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... entered upon their tempestuous voyage across the Middle Ages . As they advance , it will be remarked that the striking feature of each century is the gradual Rise of the Democracy . Under the ancient civilizations , wars and convulsions ...
... entered upon their tempestuous voyage across the Middle Ages . As they advance , it will be remarked that the striking feature of each century is the gradual Rise of the Democracy . Under the ancient civilizations , wars and convulsions ...
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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*.