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... attempts to extract a history of the earth and its revolutions from the Bible have failed , and the theories only remain as monuments of the genius of their constructors . Man , not his abode , is the subject of the sacred Scriptures ...
... attempts to extract a history of the earth and its revolutions from the Bible have failed , and the theories only remain as monuments of the genius of their constructors . Man , not his abode , is the subject of the sacred Scriptures ...
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... attempted farther conquests ; but his troops were driven back by the Æthiopians , and an army sent to take possession of the oasis of Hammon perished in the sands of the desert . He died by a wound from his own sword - a divine judgment ...
... attempted farther conquests ; but his troops were driven back by the Æthiopians , and an army sent to take possession of the oasis of Hammon perished in the sands of the desert . He died by a wound from his own sword - a divine judgment ...
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... attempted , by the aid of the tyrant or ruler of Megara , to raise himself to similar power in Athens . His project failed ; the nobles , headed by the Alcmæonides , the chiefs of the rival faction , sum- moned their vassals from the ...
... attempted , by the aid of the tyrant or ruler of Megara , to raise himself to similar power in Athens . His project failed ; the nobles , headed by the Alcmæonides , the chiefs of the rival faction , sum- moned their vassals from the ...
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... attempted to restore the old aristocracy ; the Athenians sought aid of Persia ; Cleomenes , the Spartan , marched an army against Athens ; but his allies aban- doned him , and his colleague , Demaratus , refusing to join in his project ...
... attempted to restore the old aristocracy ; the Athenians sought aid of Persia ; Cleomenes , the Spartan , marched an army against Athens ; but his allies aban- doned him , and his colleague , Demaratus , refusing to join in his project ...
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... attempting to force their way . At length , a traitor revealed another passage through the mountains : Leonidas , on hearing it , dis- missed his allies , and , at the head of his Spartans , at- tacked the Persian multitudes , and fell ...
... attempting to force their way . At length , a traitor revealed another passage through the mountains : Leonidas , on hearing it , dis- missed his allies , and , at the head of his Spartans , at- tacked the Persian multitudes , and fell ...
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