The Juvenile Rollin; Or Conversations on Ancient History, 파트 267,1권William Hyde. Portland: G. Hyde & Company, 1832 |
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... hundred and fifty or two hundred feet high ; or how they could raise to the height of several hundred feet the immense blocks of granite of which their pyramids are built , it is impossible now to conceive . H. But that appears to me an ...
... hundred and fifty or two hundred feet high ; or how they could raise to the height of several hundred feet the immense blocks of granite of which their pyramids are built , it is impossible now to conceive . H. But that appears to me an ...
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now seven hundred feet square on the ground , and five hundred feet high , taper- ing as it rises until it is no larger on the top than a common parlor . There were steps running around the building on the outside , and thus the ascent ...
now seven hundred feet square on the ground , and five hundred feet high , taper- ing as it rises until it is no larger on the top than a common parlor . There were steps running around the building on the outside , and thus the ascent ...
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... hundred miles . And also the Obelisks ; I must not forget to tell you about these . They were stones of various sizes , from ' ten to twenty or thirty feet square at the ground , and tapering to a point at the top , and were often one ...
... hundred miles . And also the Obelisks ; I must not forget to tell you about these . They were stones of various sizes , from ' ten to twenty or thirty feet square at the ground , and tapering to a point at the top , and were often one ...
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two hundred feet high . Then all these buildings and statues and obelisks were covered with hieroglyphics ; that is , figures or characters of all shapes and forms , look- ing as much like Chinese letters as like any thing ; and also ...
two hundred feet high . Then all these buildings and statues and obelisks were covered with hieroglyphics ; that is , figures or characters of all shapes and forms , look- ing as much like Chinese letters as like any thing ; and also ...
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... hundred gates , and at each of them could send out ten thousand sol- diers at once . An army of two or three hundred thousand was no rarity . J. Why , mother , I thought people were all the while growing wiser and wiser ; and I supposed ...
... hundred gates , and at each of them could send out ten thousand sol- diers at once . An army of two or three hundred thousand was no rarity . J. Why , mother , I thought people were all the while growing wiser and wiser ; and I supposed ...
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214 페이지 - Athos, thou proud and aspiring mountain, that liftest up thy head to the very skies, I advise thee not to be so audacious, as to put rocks and stones, that cannot be cut, in the way of my workmen ! If thou makest that opposition, I will cut thee entirely down, and throw thee headlong into the sea...
219 페이지 - BRANDE.-A DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART; comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use.
172 페이지 - He used to thank the gods for three things ; that he was born a reasonable creature, and not a beast ; a man, and not a woman ; a Greek, and not a Barbarian.
110 페이지 - That whosoever should ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of the king, should be cast into the den of lions...
105 페이지 - doeth what he will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
86 페이지 - Cyrus to dispose of all the meats as he thought fit, the latter immediately distributed them to the king's officers in waiting ; to one, because he taught him to ride ; to another, because he waited well upon his grandfather ; and to a third, because he took great care of his mother.
127 페이지 - When, therefore, Cambyses put his question, they managed to find an answer which would neither violate the truth nor endanger their own necks: namely, that though they could discover no law which allowed brother to marry sister, there was undoubtedly a law which permitted the king of Persia to do what he pleased...
58 페이지 - Scripture was represented by the then flourishing kingdom of Egypt, under the sway of the mighty dynasty of the Ptolemies, — in the face, however, of the prophecies, which had said that Mitzraim should be " the basest of the kingdoms...
112 페이지 - ... in the sense of embracing a Calvinistic creed with an Arminian clergy ; or, in a sense of believing in a trinity of persons in the Godhead — the same in substance, equal in power and glory — and then fraternising with those who deny the divinity of Christ. It is not broad enough to believe that there is but one name given under heaven among men whereby we can be saved...