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... Greeks , erected here a small fort for the purpose of guarding their ma- rauding vessels which anchored in the Great ... Greek officer from his service , however , put the knights in timely possession of this project , and oc- casioned ...
... Greeks , erected here a small fort for the purpose of guarding their ma- rauding vessels which anchored in the Great ... Greek officer from his service , however , put the knights in timely possession of this project , and oc- casioned ...
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... Greeks , and the Romans , as the western boundary of the world . It was probably long before navigation penetrated beyond this limit . Even in after - times , however , when Spain became well known to the Romans and a province of their ...
... Greeks , and the Romans , as the western boundary of the world . It was probably long before navigation penetrated beyond this limit . Even in after - times , however , when Spain became well known to the Romans and a province of their ...
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... Greek and Roman writers . HARMER . Scoperta dell ' America . - E ' materia di prova istorica , che i Normanni dei secoli passati non solamente scoprirono l ' America Settentrionale , nel corso delle ardite loro escursioni attraverso l ...
... Greek and Roman writers . HARMER . Scoperta dell ' America . - E ' materia di prova istorica , che i Normanni dei secoli passati non solamente scoprirono l ' America Settentrionale , nel corso delle ardite loro escursioni attraverso l ...
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... Greek emperors or to that of the caliphs . The operation of forming a rope - ladder - to ascend the column has been performed several times of late and is years , very sim- ple : a kite was flown , with a string to the tail , and , when ...
... Greek emperors or to that of the caliphs . The operation of forming a rope - ladder - to ascend the column has been performed several times of late and is years , very sim- ple : a kite was flown , with a string to the tail , and , when ...
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... Greek characters , and has been copied by Mr. Salt ; that on the opposite side , of which Mr. Salt could only copy a small part , he believes to be in Ethiopian characters , and also con- jectures , with great probability , that it was ...
... Greek characters , and has been copied by Mr. Salt ; that on the opposite side , of which Mr. Salt could only copy a small part , he believes to be in Ethiopian characters , and also con- jectures , with great probability , that it was ...
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Page 79 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 212 - Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2.
Page 164 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 168 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 260 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 48 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Page 39 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Page 240 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 87 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
Page 130 - ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ! Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.