Sketches of Universal History, Sacred and Profane: From the Creation of the World, to the Year 1818 of the Christian Era : in Three Parts : with an Appendix and a Chronological Table of ContentsOliver D. Cooke, 1822 - 412 pàgines |
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Sketches of Universal History, Sacred and Profane: From the Creation of the ... Frederick Butler Visualització completa - 1822 |
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Pàgina 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pàgina 12 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die : and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Pàgina 40 - Oh, why is everything still my duty? When shall I be free from your fuss? Was he in the cave and were you in the cave and on and on ... and Unto us a Son is born, unto us a Child is given . . . and am I good and is he bad and are we saved . . . and ending everything the echo.
Pàgina 190 - This place is holy ; the ground is holy. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I pronounce it holy.
Pàgina 25 - Mene: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Peres: Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Pàgina 168 - This prince, thus descended by his mother from Philippa, only daughter of the duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III.
Pàgina 41 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Pàgina 138 - It is a most equitable rule, that what concerns all, should be approved by all, — and * Dugdale's Bar., vol. i., p. 125. t Courthope's Historic Peerage, under Mowbray. J Vide Courthope's Historic Peerage, pp. 19 and 25. common dangers repelled by united efforts.
Pàgina 6 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life: thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field...
Pàgina 41 - See' ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.