Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Volume 111845 |
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... Italy , France , Germany , and Spain , from the Dissolution of the Carlovingian Empire to the End of the Tenth Century · • • 449 • 469 100 • · 113 CHAPTER LXVIII . The Anglo - Saxon Annals from the Commencement of the Ninth Century to ...
... Italy , France , Germany , and Spain , from the Dissolution of the Carlovingian Empire to the End of the Tenth Century · • • 449 • 469 100 • · 113 CHAPTER LXVIII . The Anglo - Saxon Annals from the Commencement of the Ninth Century to ...
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... Italy , gave a Julianus . renewed consequence to the patriotic feelings which he Spartian . in Clod . Albin . Dion Cassius , lib . lxxiii . p . 837 . Herodian . lib . ii . p . 513 ; lib . iii . p . 521. , Severus . From A. D. 193 . was ...
... Italy , gave a Julianus . renewed consequence to the patriotic feelings which he Spartian . in Clod . Albin . Dion Cassius , lib . lxxiii . p . 837 . Herodian . lib . ii . p . 513 ; lib . iii . p . 521. , Severus . From A. D. 193 . was ...
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... Italy . Gaul . Alexander the banks of the Rhine . Several of those fierce Tribes which dwelt beyond marches to the Rhine , taking advantage of his absence in the East , had invaded the Roman Provinces on the South , and carried ...
... Italy . Gaul . Alexander the banks of the Rhine . Several of those fierce Tribes which dwelt beyond marches to the Rhine , taking advantage of his absence in the East , had invaded the Roman Provinces on the South , and carried ...
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... Italy To these we may add the names of Odenatus , of Herodes racters and his son , of Mæonius his nephew , and finally of Zenobia his Queen ; but as the Government of Palmyra was re- cognised by Gallienus , we can see no reason for ...
... Italy To these we may add the names of Odenatus , of Herodes racters and his son , of Mæonius his nephew , and finally of Zenobia his Queen ; but as the Government of Palmyra was re- cognised by Gallienus , we can see no reason for ...
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... Italy . A slight advantage gained over one of the Tribes by Aurelian , induced the former to pro- pose terms of Peace ; but as the power of Rome was not yet sufficiently humbled to receive conditions from Barbarian Ambassadors , the war ...
... Italy . A slight advantage gained over one of the Tribes by Aurelian , induced the former to pro- pose terms of Peace ; but as the power of Rome was not yet sufficiently humbled to receive conditions from Barbarian Ambassadors , the war ...
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Page 158 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
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Page 149 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 217 - Heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp; Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore; Then lived the Almighty One...
Page 217 - Almighty One : then, deep retired In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till, in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being.
Page 166 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
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Page 159 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham.
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