An Universal History: From the Beginning of the World, to the Empire of CharlemagneR. Moore, 1821 - 405 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... hath been so long its admiration ; or to recommend to it an author , whose name passes all enco- mium . It is well known , that , whereas all other universal historians give rather a collection of particular histories , M. Bos- SUET ...
... hath been so long its admiration ; or to recommend to it an author , whose name passes all enco- mium . It is well known , that , whereas all other universal historians give rather a collection of particular histories , M. Bos- SUET ...
Pàgina 4
... hath brought it no less than thirteen different times to the press in its own and other countries , neither the ex- cellence of the work , nor the fame of the writer , should have hitherto excited our countrymen to promote the ...
... hath brought it no less than thirteen different times to the press in its own and other countries , neither the ex- cellence of the work , nor the fame of the writer , should have hitherto excited our countrymen to promote the ...
Pàgina 5
... hath ever met with in its na- tive dress . Not only was the most elegant diction transformed into the most barba- rous jargon , but the clearest , the finest sense mistaken , nay , made nonsense , in almost every page , or rather every ...
... hath ever met with in its na- tive dress . Not only was the most elegant diction transformed into the most barba- rous jargon , but the clearest , the finest sense mistaken , nay , made nonsense , in almost every page , or rather every ...
Pàgina 6
... hath done little else than paraphrased as a Text , nor been ashamed to own his doing So. * But as our author hath shown , that the usefulness of his work is not confined to the great , so may we venture to affirm , that every age and ...
... hath done little else than paraphrased as a Text , nor been ashamed to own his doing So. * But as our author hath shown , that the usefulness of his work is not confined to the great , so may we venture to affirm , that every age and ...
Pàgina 121
... hath appeared ; in those , wherein the worship of God was reduced to one peo- ple , and in those , in which , agreeably to ancient pro- phecies , it was spread abroad over all the earth ; in those , in fine , where men , yet full of ...
... hath appeared ; in those , wherein the worship of God was reduced to one peo- ple , and in those , in which , agreeably to ancient pro- phecies , it was spread abroad over all the earth ; in those , in fine , where men , yet full of ...
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A Universal History from the Beginning of the World to the Empire of Charlemagne Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Visualització completa - 1767 |
An Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Time of Charlemagne Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Visualització completa - 1810 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 141 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Pàgina 223 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Pàgina 159 - Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for He hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5.
Pàgina 180 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Pàgina 238 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Pàgina 222 - Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Pàgina 239 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Pàgina 224 - ... 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Pàgina 149 - He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Pàgina 174 - I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure ; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.