Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans: In which Elephants and Wild Beasts Were Employed Or Slain, and the Remarkable Local Agreement of History with the Remains of Such Animals Found in Europe and Siberia ... With a Map and Ten Plates |
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... causes for such extraordinary wars and scenes as are here described ; and he was therefore necessitated to lay before him those circumstances which have reached us in various scat- tered authorities , in order to make out a constructive ...
... causes for such extraordinary wars and scenes as are here described ; and he was therefore necessitated to lay before him those circumstances which have reached us in various scat- tered authorities , in order to make out a constructive ...
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... the Emperor Kang - hi .. • CHAP . XVII . On the rapid changes which the surface of the Earth undergoes from Floods , Earthquakes , and other Causes • xiii 351 423 440 454 471 xiv CONTENTS . CHAP . XVIII . Erroneous Notions respecting.
... the Emperor Kang - hi .. • CHAP . XVII . On the rapid changes which the surface of the Earth undergoes from Floods , Earthquakes , and other Causes • xiii 351 423 440 454 471 xiv CONTENTS . CHAP . XVIII . Erroneous Notions respecting.
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... causes for what ap- peared so truly wonderful . They , however , have failed to convince mankind of the truth of their hypotheses . The various theories of the earth have been resorted to . Of those which are supposed to have reference ...
... causes for what ap- peared so truly wonderful . They , however , have failed to convince mankind of the truth of their hypotheses . The various theories of the earth have been resorted to . Of those which are supposed to have reference ...
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... caused by a vibratory , not a rotary , motion ; and the mean variation not ever amounting to one mile in a cen- tury , renders it impossible that the Arctic Regions could have ever been warmed by that operation , so as to affect this ...
... caused by a vibratory , not a rotary , motion ; and the mean variation not ever amounting to one mile in a cen- tury , renders it impossible that the Arctic Regions could have ever been warmed by that operation , so as to affect this ...
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... causing a sally , and setting fire to the bridge . After fighting their way down the Sirr , as far as Toncat , they were stopped by a chain across the river ; and before they could sever the chain with files and hatchets , they suffered ...
... causing a sally , and setting fire to the bridge . After fighting their way down the Sirr , as far as Toncat , they were stopped by a chain across the river ; and before they could sever the chain with files and hatchets , they suffered ...
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Page 126 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 120 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Page 402 - When they hunted the woods for prey, it is said, that they attacked the shepherd rather than his flock; and that they curiously selected the most delicate and brawny parts, both of males and females, which they prepared for their horrid repasts.
Page 120 - A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable...
Page 330 - The beauteous figure of Zenobia was confined by fetters of gold ; a slave supported the gold chain which encircled her neck, and she almost fainted under the intolerable weight of jewels. She preceded on foot the magnificent chariot, in which she once hoped to enter the gates of Rome.
Page 330 - The pomp was opened by twenty elephants, four royal tigers, and above two hundred of the most curious animals from every climate of the North, the East, and the South. They were followed by sixteen hundred gladiators, devoted to the cruel amusement of the amphitheatre. The wealth of Asia, the arms and ensigns of so many conquered nations, and the magnificent plate and wardrobe of the Syrian queen, were disposed in exact symmetry or artful disorder. The ambassadors of the most remote parts of the...
Page 138 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 8 - Gengiskan, qui ont dévasté l'Asie; et nous verrons que nous devons au christianisme, et dans le gouvernement un certain droit politique, et dans la guerre un certain droit des gens que la nature humaine ne sauroit assez reconnoître.
Page 5 - The man who fairly and completely answers this argument, shall have my thanks and my applause. My heart is already with him. I am ready to be converted. I admire his morality, and would gladly subscribe to the articles of his faith. Grateful as I am to the GOOD BEING whose bounty has imparted to me this reasoning intellect, whatever it is, I hold myself proportionably indebted to him from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine.
Page 169 - From the Irtish and Volga to the Persian Gulf, and from the Ganges to Damascus and the Archipelago, Asia was in the hand of Timour: his armies were invincible, his ambition was boundless, and his zeal might aspire to conquer and convert the Christian kingdoms of the West, which already trembled at his name.