A New Universal Biography: First series, from the creation to the birth of ChristSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... mother of Ninyas . Ninus was so partial to Semiramis , that at her request he resigned the crown , and commanded her to be proclaimed queen and sole empress of Assyria . Of this , how- ever , he had reason to repent ; Semiramis put him ...
... mother of Ninyas . Ninus was so partial to Semiramis , that at her request he resigned the crown , and commanded her to be proclaimed queen and sole empress of Assyria . Of this , how- ever , he had reason to repent ; Semiramis put him ...
Side 23
... mother , and consequently the sister of Lot . Her beauty and consequent danger in the courts of Egypt and Gerar ; her entertainment of the angels ; her sterility till her 90th year , and birth of Isaac in her 91st ; her turning off ...
... mother , and consequently the sister of Lot . Her beauty and consequent danger in the courts of Egypt and Gerar ; her entertainment of the angels ; her sterility till her 90th year , and birth of Isaac in her 91st ; her turning off ...
Side 24
... mother , " no more is meant than that he is introduced into the history of Abraham without the writer acquainting us who he was , where he lived , or when he died . Nevertheless , some have taken St. Paul's words literally , and contend ...
... mother , " no more is meant than that he is introduced into the history of Abraham without the writer acquainting us who he was , where he lived , or when he died . Nevertheless , some have taken St. Paul's words literally , and contend ...
Side 25
... mother . Cedrenus and others derive Melchisedec from an Egyptian stock . They say his father was called Sidon , and was the founder of Sidon the capital of Phoenicia . The Jews and Samaritans believed Melchisedec to be the same with the ...
... mother . Cedrenus and others derive Melchisedec from an Egyptian stock . They say his father was called Sidon , and was the founder of Sidon the capital of Phoenicia . The Jews and Samaritans believed Melchisedec to be the same with the ...
Side 27
... mother ninety years of age . His birth was previously announced to Abraham , as the son of covenant and promise , in whose seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed . His name , according to its Hebrew etymology , which ...
... mother ninety years of age . His birth was previously announced to Abraham , as the son of covenant and promise , in whose seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed . His name , according to its Hebrew etymology , which ...
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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.