Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George III., 1820, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1857 - History |
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Page 134 - THE colony of a civilized nation which takes possession either of a waste country, or of one so thinly inhabited that the natives easily give place to the new settlers, advances more rapidly to wealth and greatness than any other human society.
Page 48 - Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show. There in the forum swarm a numerous train ; The subject of debate, a townsman slain : One pleads the fine dischargM, which one denied, And bade the public and the laws decide...
Page 96 - I swear that I will never subvert any Amphictyonic city ; I will never stop the courses of their water, either in war or peace.
Page 308 - Septuairint translation was in use in the time of our Saviour, and is that out of which most of the citations in the New Testament from the Old are taken. It was likewise the canonical translation used by all the Christian churches from the...
Page 134 - Greek colonies towards wealth and greatness, seems accordingly to have been very rapid. In the course of a century or two, several of them appear to have rivalled, and even to have surpassed their mother cities. Syracuse and Agrigentum in Sicily, Tarentum and Locri in Italy, Ephesus and Miletus in Lesser Asia, appear by all accounts to have been at least equal to any of the cities of ancient Greece.
Page 105 - ... on the contrary, being brought under this necessity, changes and transforms itself into a strange variety of shapes and appearances ; for nothing but the power of the Creator can annihilate, or truly destroy it ; so that at length, running through the whole circle of transformations, and completing its period, it in some degree restores itself, if the force be continued.
Page 126 - Eubcea, and landed in Asia, at the promontory of Sigoeum. Their first operation, after beating back the enemy who opposed their landing, was to form a large camp at some distance from the city. The site of Troy is generally supposed to have been at the distance of four or five miles from the shore, at the foot of that ridge of Mountains which goes under the name of Ida. The camp was close upon the sea-shore for the sake of the ships, which, as usual, were drawn upon the land, and enclosed within...
Page 74 - ... pyramids were once huge rocks, standing where they now are ; that some of them, the most proper from their form, were chosen for the body of the pyramid, and the others hewn into steps, to serve for the superstructure, and the exterior parts of themf.
Page 16 - FACTS of the world, and to survey the extent of man's powers and the true logic of knowledge. He is led to see more perfectly that chain which joins effects to causes; to view the gradual progress of manners, the advancement of man from barbarism to civilization, and thence to refinement and corruption; to note the connection of States and Empires ; and, above all, to realize the greatest benefit of History— its utility AS A SCHOOL OF MORALS.
Page 114 - ... abstain from particular sorts of diet, particularly tame fowls, fish, beans, and certain sorts of apples. When this was finished, the priests began to play off the whole machinery of the temple in all its terror ; doleful groans and lamentations broke...