Mitchell's Ancient Geography: Designed for Academies, Schools and Families. A System of Classical and Sacred Geography, Embellished with Engravings of Remarkable Events, Views of Ancient Cities and Various Interesting Antique Remains Together with an Ancient Atlas, Containing Maps Illustrating the WorkThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1849 - 216 من الصفحات |
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Abraham Acha'ia Africa afterwards Alexander ancient apostle Arabia Arachosia Asia Minor Assyrian Athens Attica Augustus Babylon battle became birth-place built Cæsar called capital Carthaginians celebrated chief city chief towns coast colonies comprised conquered Cyrus death defeated derived desert district divided divisions Drangiana eastern Egypt emperor empire Epi'rus Ethiopia Euphrates Euxine extended famous fertile fought founded Gaul Gedrosia Greece Greeks gulf Hannibal hence Illyricum India inhabitants interior Ionian islands lay Israel Israelites Italy Jerusalem Jews Judah king kingdom lake land latter lay east lay north lay west Lib'ya Macedonia Mauritania Medes Mediterranean Sea mentioned Messenia Mount mountains Name the chief nations Nile northern noted Numidia occurred Palestine Parthians Peloponne'sus Persian empire Persians Point principal promontory province region renowned residence Romans Rome Scripture Scyth'ia Scythia second Punic war Sicily siege southern Spartans stood supposed Syria temple Thebes Thessaly Thrace tribes Tyre western worship
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الصفحة 162 - And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water : and they ceased, and there was a calm.
الصفحة 181 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
الصفحة 196 - And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said. Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.
الصفحة 163 - Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
الصفحة 194 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
الصفحة 194 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
الصفحة 169 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
الصفحة 146 - 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 face of the whole earth.
الصفحة 169 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
الصفحة 146 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.