An Inquiry Into the Truth of HistoryPayne & Foss, 1830 - History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 14
Page 2
... give consistency and an historical form to fable , by considering the tales of . Troy divine , as the harlot songs of Tyre ; and we may make the romance of Herodotus take the form of history , by allowing Cambyses " to disfigure , or ...
... give consistency and an historical form to fable , by considering the tales of . Troy divine , as the harlot songs of Tyre ; and we may make the romance of Herodotus take the form of history , by allowing Cambyses " to disfigure , or ...
Page 6
... give the Athenians a fleet of sixty ships ; when we read what Livy says about the Euripus , b * Δυεῖν ναυμαχίαιν καὶ πεζομαχίαν . Lib . I. c . 23. We cannot possibly make more than four engagements altoge- ther . b ἑξήκοντα τρίηρεις ...
... give the Athenians a fleet of sixty ships ; when we read what Livy says about the Euripus , b * Δυεῖν ναυμαχίαιν καὶ πεζομαχίαν . Lib . I. c . 23. We cannot possibly make more than four engagements altoge- ther . b ἑξήκοντα τρίηρεις ...
Page 8
... gives in his funeral oration . c " I have somewhere seen an anecdote of a sailor's mo- ther , who believed all the strange lies which he told her for his amusement , but never could be persuaded to believe there could be in existence ...
... gives in his funeral oration . c " I have somewhere seen an anecdote of a sailor's mo- ther , who believed all the strange lies which he told her for his amusement , but never could be persuaded to believe there could be in existence ...
Page 19
... - bazus and his defeated troops would natu- rally give on their return , and from the a Mitford . contrast of the situation of his army with that of c 2 THE TRUTH OF HISTORY . 19 nothing.' Dysenteries and pestilential fevers ...
... - bazus and his defeated troops would natu- rally give on their return , and from the a Mitford . contrast of the situation of his army with that of c 2 THE TRUTH OF HISTORY . 19 nothing.' Dysenteries and pestilential fevers ...
Page 38
... give boats to the Persians , and to the Greek fleet , and thus diminish the very little space for action ; but I must not take advantage of a mistake . The boats were in reality the hulls of the damaged ships . Yet even thus , it will ...
... give boats to the Persians , and to the Greek fleet , and thus diminish the very little space for action ; but I must not take advantage of a mistake . The boats were in reality the hulls of the damaged ships . Yet even thus , it will ...
Common terms and phrases
abomination According Ægina Alexander ancient Antiochus arms army Arrian Artemisium Athenians Athens Attica authority Babylon battle of Platea battle of Salamis beast Berenice Bishop boards book of Esther BOOKS PUBLISHED Bosphorus Chaldeans Chap Chittim Christians crews Cyrus Daniel Dionysius dominion endeavoured Eschylus Esther Euboea Euripus Family Bible fierce countenance Gibbon Goths Grecian Greece Greek Haran Hebrew Herodotus historian holy Homer hometanism horns idolatry isthmus Jerusalem Jews JOSEPH RITSON Josephus Khan king of Egypt kingdom land Leonidas Lord Macedon Mahomet Mahometan Mardonius means mentioned mountains nation Nebuchadnezzar notice Orion passage PAYNE AND FOSS Pelasgi Peloponnesian Persian fleet phecies Platæa popery price 17 prince prophecy prophet Ptolemy PUBLISHED BY PAYNE reader reign robbers Roman empire Scripture sect Seleucus shew ships Spartans stand strong Syria temple Themistocles Thucydides tion told triremes Turks verse Xerxes Zabians καὶ
Popular passages
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.