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... received him , but did not make common cause with him . Lucullus , who had , in the mean time , transformed Pontus into a Roman province , demanded the surrender of Mithri- dates , which Tigranes refused , because , as he said ...
... received him , but did not make common cause with him . Lucullus , who had , in the mean time , transformed Pontus into a Roman province , demanded the surrender of Mithri- dates , which Tigranes refused , because , as he said ...
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... received him , but did the opening of the war . He not only defeated not make common cause with him . Lucullus , who Nicomedes , but also Aquilius , conquered Bithynia , had , in the mean time , transformed Pontus into a and captured a ...
... received him , but did the opening of the war . He not only defeated not make common cause with him . Lucullus , who Nicomedes , but also Aquilius , conquered Bithynia , had , in the mean time , transformed Pontus into a and captured a ...
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... received by the pilgrims who Mohammed . Besides the numerous wives , whom visited the kaaba , and gained numerous adhe- he took at different times , he indulged in several rents among the families in the neighbourhood . At transient ...
... received by the pilgrims who Mohammed . Besides the numerous wives , whom visited the kaaba , and gained numerous adhe- he took at different times , he indulged in several rents among the families in the neighbourhood . At transient ...
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... received life and liberty only on condition that they embraced the Islam . The idols of the kaaba were demolished , but the sacred touch of the prophet made the black stone again the object of the deepest veneration . The temple became ...
... received life and liberty only on condition that they embraced the Islam . The idols of the kaaba were demolished , but the sacred touch of the prophet made the black stone again the object of the deepest veneration . The temple became ...
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... received the cross of the legion of honour from Napoleon , and died in 1810. His works are distinguished for correctness of design , elevated con- ception , beauty of proportion , variety of expression , and delicacy of taste . A statue ...
... received the cross of the legion of honour from Napoleon , and died in 1810. His works are distinguished for correctness of design , elevated con- ception , beauty of proportion , variety of expression , and delicacy of taste . A statue ...
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Page 163 - Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken for the glory of GOD, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of GOD and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 289 - And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you. As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Page 285 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Page 189 - Francis' tavern ; soon after which their beloved commander entered the room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 163 - ... into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 265 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 152 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Page 7 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect her injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 210 - By the bill of uniformity, it was required, that every clergyman should be reordained, if he had not before received Episcopal ordination ; should declare his assent to every thing contained in the Book of Common Prayer...
Page 291 - The lowest and most level parts of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata composed of various substances, and containing almost all of them innumerable marine productions. Similar strata, with the same kind of productions, compose the hills even to a great height. Sometimes the shells are so numerous as to constitute the entire body of the stratum.