A New Universal Biography: First series, from the creation to the birth of ChristSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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Side 32
... force , and with seeming purposes of hostility . Having recommended himself by an act of devotion to the Divine protection , he prepared a costly present for his brother . At this time he was favoured with a prophetic vision , which ...
... force , and with seeming purposes of hostility . Having recommended himself by an act of devotion to the Divine protection , he prepared a costly present for his brother . At this time he was favoured with a prophetic vision , which ...
Side 37
... force , and with seeming purposes of hostility . Having recommended himself by an act of devotion to the Divine protection , he prepared a costly present for his brother . At this time he was favoured with a prophetic vision , which ...
... force , and with seeming purposes of hostility . Having recommended himself by an act of devotion to the Divine protection , he prepared a costly present for his brother . At this time he was favoured with a prophetic vision , which ...
Side 42
... force for several centuries , that the fifth part of the produce of the whole king- dom of Egypt , the lands of the priests excepted , should belong to the crown . After the death of Jacob , 42 [ B. C. 1745 . UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
... force for several centuries , that the fifth part of the produce of the whole king- dom of Egypt , the lands of the priests excepted , should belong to the crown . After the death of Jacob , 42 [ B. C. 1745 . UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
Side 53
... force him to dismiss them . Thus encouraged , Moses presented him- self again before Pharaoh , and confirmed his former message by a miracle ; which was followed , at different periods , by nine others , as may be seen in the books of ...
... force him to dismiss them . Thus encouraged , Moses presented him- self again before Pharaoh , and confirmed his former message by a miracle ; which was followed , at different periods , by nine others , as may be seen in the books of ...
Side 68
... force in the age of the philosopher Plato . His justice and moderation procured him the titles of the fa- vourite of the gods , the confident of Jupiter , and the wise le- gislator in every city of Greece ; and , according 68 [ B. C. ...
... force in the age of the philosopher Plato . His justice and moderation procured him the titles of the fa- vourite of the gods , the confident of Jupiter , and the wise le- gislator in every city of Greece ; and , according 68 [ B. C. ...
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Side 29 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Side 73 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband ; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Side 37 - They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Side 575 - The winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description: she did lie In her pavilion — cloth of gold, of tissue— O'er-picturing that Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature. On each side her, Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, With divers-colour'd fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which...
Side 12 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Side 101 - This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth ; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
Side 101 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Side 574 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Side 54 - And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Side 37 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.