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... master of plain and simple narrative , but , what was even more uncommon in the days in which he wrote , he paid great attention to order and chronology . As might be ex- pected , he is very credulous on the subject of the miracles ...
... master of plain and simple narrative , but , what was even more uncommon in the days in which he wrote , he paid great attention to order and chronology . As might be ex- pected , he is very credulous on the subject of the miracles ...
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... master of the horse was created , who was to be under the orders of the dictator . Nor can there be mentioned a more lofty magistracy than the ancient dictatorship in the whole history of the Roman empire , especially when Octavi- anus ...
... master of the horse was created , who was to be under the orders of the dictator . Nor can there be mentioned a more lofty magistracy than the ancient dictatorship in the whole history of the Roman empire , especially when Octavi- anus ...
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... master of the horse , in command of the army , with orders not to engage the enemy in his absence . Fabius , however , having an oppor- tunity offered him , fought a most successful battle , and utterly routed the Samnites , on which ...
... master of the horse , in command of the army , with orders not to engage the enemy in his absence . Fabius , however , having an oppor- tunity offered him , fought a most successful battle , and utterly routed the Samnites , on which ...
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... master . But the next year , at the command of the senate , the peace which had been made with the Samnites was broken , and Lucius Papirius sent against them as consul . For he had at that time such a reputation as a soldier , that ...
... master . But the next year , at the command of the senate , the peace which had been made with the Samnites was broken , and Lucius Papirius sent against them as consul . For he had at that time such a reputation as a soldier , that ...
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... master of the world if he had such soldiers as them . " After that Pyrrhus marched towards Rome , and laid the whole country waste with fire and sword , ravaged Campania , and came to Præneste , which is only eighteen miles from the ...
... master of the world if he had such soldiers as them . " After that Pyrrhus marched towards Rome , and laid the whole country waste with fire and sword , ravaged Campania , and came to Præneste , which is only eighteen miles from the ...
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Página 45 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Página 71 - Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.
Página 5 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Página 4 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Página 364 - Methuselah, who was the son of Enoch, who was the son of Jared, who was the son of Mahalaleel, who was the son of Cainan, 38 who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.
Página 7 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Página 13 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Página 33 - Lord heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
Página 6 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.