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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Page 238
... Stilicho as General - in - Chief of the Legions in those parts , re- commending to him the care of the Prince , whose inex- perience he knew could not fail to encounter many difficulties in the government of nations so widely scat ...
... Stilicho as General - in - Chief of the Legions in those parts , re- commending to him the care of the Prince , whose inex- perience he knew could not fail to encounter many difficulties in the government of nations so widely scat ...
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... Stilicho , who presided at the helm of affairs in the name of Honorius , expressed his readiness to comply with this request , and even to march at the head of the Eastern contingent to Constantinople . As the main rea- son assigned by ...
... Stilicho , who presided at the helm of affairs in the name of Honorius , expressed his readiness to comply with this request , and even to march at the head of the Eastern contingent to Constantinople . As the main rea- son assigned by ...
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... Stilicho ; events which appear to have employed the panegyrics of Poetry , as well as the diligence of those minute Annal- ists who measure the importance of things by their local interest rather than by their effects on the public ...
... Stilicho ; events which appear to have employed the panegyrics of Poetry , as well as the diligence of those minute Annal- ists who measure the importance of things by their local interest rather than by their effects on the public ...
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... Stilicho could not be de- ceived . Rome was made aware of the danger which menaced it , and supplied with a garrison from the pre neighbouring territory . Disappointed a second time , ents him . the despair of the Barbarians might have ...
... Stilicho could not be de- ceived . Rome was made aware of the danger which menaced it , and supplied with a garrison from the pre neighbouring territory . Disappointed a second time , ents him . the despair of the Barbarians might have ...
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... Stilicho . Under some pretence , which has not been explained , Death of Radagaisus was disgracefully beheaded , and his people Radagaisus . were sold for slaves , and scattered over the face of the surrounding country . ' The remain ...
... Stilicho . Under some pretence , which has not been explained , Death of Radagaisus was disgracefully beheaded , and his people Radagaisus . were sold for slaves , and scattered over the face of the surrounding country . ' The remain ...
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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.
Page 109 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Page 149 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
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.
Page 166 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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.
Page 173 - As the vicissitudes of tides are scarcely felt in those seas, the constant depth of the harbor allows goods to be landed on the quays without the assistance of boats; and it has been observed that in many places the largest vessels may rest their prows against the houses, while their sterns are floating in the water.