Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 2James Williams, 1779 |
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Pagina 5
... Rome and Parthia ; it required great addrefs and the most affiduous military difcipline , to guard it from being fwallowed up by the one ' or the other . This ticklish fituation preserved the inhabitants from luxury and effeminacy , the ...
... Rome and Parthia ; it required great addrefs and the most affiduous military difcipline , to guard it from being fwallowed up by the one ' or the other . This ticklish fituation preserved the inhabitants from luxury and effeminacy , the ...
Pagina 6
... Rome were all of them foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they hap- pened not to be fuccefsful in plundering , they starv- ed at home . An annual diftribution of corn among them , became neceffary ; which in ...
... Rome were all of them foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they hap- pened not to be fuccefsful in plundering , they starv- ed at home . An annual diftribution of corn among them , became neceffary ; which in ...
Pagina 7
... Rome would never have been heard of . It was on the brink of ruin in the war with Hannibal . What would have ... Rome had they been fubdued ? They must have perished by hunger ; for they could not work . In a word , ancient Rome ...
... Rome would never have been heard of . It was on the brink of ruin in the war with Hannibal . What would have ... Rome had they been fubdued ? They must have perished by hunger ; for they could not work . In a word , ancient Rome ...
Pagina 18
... Rome , the Pretorian bands would never have become mafters of the state . It was a grofs error to keep thefe troops always on foot without change of members ; which gave them a confidence in one another , to unite in one folid body ...
... Rome , the Pretorian bands would never have become mafters of the state . It was a grofs error to keep thefe troops always on foot without change of members ; which gave them a confidence in one another , to unite in one folid body ...
Pagina 20
... Rome , none were admitted candidates for any civil employment , till they had ferved ten years in the army . Third . Officers of this clafs are to be exempt- ed from the taxes impofed on land , coaches , win- dows , and plate ; not for ...
... Rome , none were admitted candidates for any civil employment , till they had ferved ten years in the army . Third . Officers of this clafs are to be exempt- ed from the taxes impofed on land , coaches , win- dows , and plate ; not for ...
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Pagina 512 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Pagina 486 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people. There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed; and not on the Sabbath day...
Pagina 455 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Pagina 463 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Pagina 463 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another, who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Pagina 510 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth ? 7.
Pagina 251 - But if any man think, that from this conceffion he may infer the inutility of logic, he betrays a great want of that art by this inference : for it is no better...
Pagina 275 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Pagina 463 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court.
Pagina 353 - And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God : do therefore what is good in thine eyes.