An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Band 20T. Osborne, 1748 |
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... river , and advanced almoft to the fource of the Tyras . This may very justly be inferred from Herodotus , as has been obferved by M. Bayer . Nay , that the Scythian territories were bounded even on the weft by the Volga , called the ...
... river , and advanced almoft to the fource of the Tyras . This may very justly be inferred from Herodotus , as has been obferved by M. Bayer . Nay , that the Scythian territories were bounded even on the weft by the Volga , called the ...
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... river Irbyth , which have been copied by M. Von Strahlen- berg . The Irbyth is a little ri- ver , near a fmall town in Siberia of the fame name , which dif- charges itself into the Nytza , as that does into the Tura , between the cities ...
... river Irbyth , which have been copied by M. Von Strahlen- berg . The Irbyth is a little ri- ver , near a fmall town in Siberia of the fame name , which dif- charges itself into the Nytza , as that does into the Tura , between the cities ...
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... river Sirr , at the foot of the mountains , which are to the north of that river . The Tartars tells us , that in his time the true religion was banished out of the world , and idolatry fubftituted in its place . However , his fon Ogus ...
... river Sirr , at the foot of the mountains , which are to the north of that river . The Tartars tells us , that in his time the true religion was banished out of the world , and idolatry fubftituted in its place . However , his fon Ogus ...
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... river Indus , added to it by Pliny . But neither thofe provinces , nor any part of Scythia , belonged to India properly fo called , as appears even from Ptolemy himself , in his description of this country , whofe limits and extent we ...
... river Indus , added to it by Pliny . But neither thofe provinces , nor any part of Scythia , belonged to India properly fo called , as appears even from Ptolemy himself , in his description of this country , whofe limits and extent we ...
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... river Ganges , according to the old geographers , di- mary divi- vided this country into two parts , which they ... river Choafpes , whom Alexander fubdued in his march to that river . The chief towns here were Plegerium and Gorydalis ...
... river Ganges , according to the old geographers , di- mary divi- vided this country into two parts , which they ... river Choafpes , whom Alexander fubdued in his march to that river . The chief towns here were Plegerium and Gorydalis ...
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Seite 194 - And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Seite 182 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Seite 113 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the...
Seite 131 - Chinese communicated their ideas by drawing on paper the natural images of the things they wished to express.
Seite 194 - Lord faid unto her: return unto thy miftrefs, and fubmit thyfelf under her hands. 10. And the Angel of the Lord faid unto her: I will multiply thy feed exceedingly, that it fhall not be numbered for multitude.
Seite 124 - Of this we find traces in thofe ancient and valuable books, which the Chinefe call, by way of eminence, The Five Volumes, being the canonical or claffical books of the higheft rank, which they look upon as the fource of all their fcience and morality. . The chief object of their worfhip then, at firft was the Supreme Being, the Lord and Sovereign Principle of all things, whom they adored under the name either Shang-ti, that is Supreme Emperor, or Tyen, which, with the Chinefe, fignifies the fame...
Seite iii - By these records it is that we live, as it were, in the very time when the world was created ; we behold how it was governed in its...
Seite 140 - He created six ko-lau or Prime Ministers§ to assist him in governing his empire. He appointed a professor of music, whose duty was to explain the order and arrangement of the different tones. He taught the way of making flutes, fifes, and organs, trumpets that imitated the voice of the dragon, and drums that made the noise of thunder. He divided his country into principalities, in each of which he caused cities to be erected. He introduced the use of wheeled carriages, and the training of horses...
Seite xxiv - But curing Artaxerxes of a wound he received in the battle, he became a great favourite at the court of Persia, where he continued practising physic for 17 years, and was employed in several negotiations. He wrote the History of Persia...