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... Italian Larissa . The Lares were different from the Penates , and any lair or leaguer may represent a Larissa . Sparta , mean as it was , may yet have been the principal Larissa of the Pelasgi . Apollo had a temple and oracle at Claros ...
... Italian Larissa . The Lares were different from the Penates , and any lair or leaguer may represent a Larissa . Sparta , mean as it was , may yet have been the principal Larissa of the Pelasgi . Apollo had a temple and oracle at Claros ...
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... Italy . " But his sons shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great forces , and one shall certainly come and overflow and pass through : then shall he return and be stirred up even to his fortress . And the king of the ...
... Italy . " But his sons shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great forces , and one shall certainly come and overflow and pass through : then shall he return and be stirred up even to his fortress . And the king of the ...
Page 90
... Italy is still the land of virtù , and seems to have been so from a very early period . The Etruscan vases are of un ... Italy may be called the land of Tsabi or Tsebi from its idolatry of fire or Zabianism . That the Goths did at last ...
... Italy is still the land of virtù , and seems to have been so from a very early period . The Etruscan vases are of un ... Italy may be called the land of Tsabi or Tsebi from its idolatry of fire or Zabianism . That the Goths did at last ...
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That the Goths did at last stand in Italy and consume it , is a fact of general no- toriety ; and their defeats by Trajan , Clau- dius , Aurelian , and Stilicho , are sufficient proof that the struggle was long and deadly , and ...
That the Goths did at last stand in Italy and consume it , is a fact of general no- toriety ; and their defeats by Trajan , Clau- dius , Aurelian , and Stilicho , are sufficient proof that the struggle was long and deadly , and ...
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... Italy , the capital of which was not Rome , but Ravenna , and occasionally Verona . May not the Goths be said , therefore , to have turned their face toward the fort of their own land ? The ruin of their power in Italy , and ...
... Italy , the capital of which was not Rome , but Ravenna , and occasionally Verona . May not the Goths be said , therefore , to have turned their face toward the fort of their own land ? The ruin of their power in Italy , and ...
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Page 109 - And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Page 131 - And there are seven kings ; five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come, and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Page 116 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 83 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains...
Page 76 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Page 98 - And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Page 1 - O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour. And for the majesty that he gave him all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
Page 61 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 108 - And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Page 111 - And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.