The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical Predictions : Traced Down from the Babylonish Captivity to the Present Time, Volume 1Jonathan Leavitt, 1832 - Bible |
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... Chosroes Nushirvan . " * The full and literal import of Mahuzzim is preserv- ed in the common designation of " TUTELARY saints , " whose ordinary appellatives are protectors , guardians or defenders . They are invoked as such , whether ...
... Chosroes Nushirvan . " * The full and literal import of Mahuzzim is preserv- ed in the common designation of " TUTELARY saints , " whose ordinary appellatives are protectors , guardians or defenders . They are invoked as such , whether ...
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... Chosroes , and his consequent discomfiture by Heraclius , ( the next point to which we come , ) " it was the duty of the Byzantine historians , " says Gib- bon , " to have narrated the causes of his slumber and vigilance . " It was the ...
... Chosroes , and his consequent discomfiture by Heraclius , ( the next point to which we come , ) " it was the duty of the Byzantine historians , " says Gib- bon , " to have narrated the causes of his slumber and vigilance . " It was the ...
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... Chosroes , the king of Persia . " Under the reign of Phocas , ( A. D. 611 ) the fortifications of Merdin , Dara , Amida , and Edessa were successively be- sieged , reduced , and destroyed by the Persian monarch : he passed the Euphrates ...
... Chosroes , the king of Persia . " Under the reign of Phocas , ( A. D. 611 ) the fortifications of Merdin , Dara , Amida , and Edessa were successively be- sieged , reduced , and destroyed by the Persian monarch : he passed the Euphrates ...
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... Chosroes him- self , to separate his actions from those of his lieutenants , or to ascertain his personal merit in the general blaze of glory and magnificence . " + A star fell from heaven unto the earth , and to him was given the key ...
... Chosroes him- self , to separate his actions from those of his lieutenants , or to ascertain his personal merit in the general blaze of glory and magnificence . " + A star fell from heaven unto the earth , and to him was given the key ...
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... Chosroes subjugated the Roman possessions in Asia and Africa . And " the Roman empire , " at that period , was re- duced to the walls of Constantinople , with the remnant of Greece , Italy , and Africa , and some maritime cities , from ...
... Chosroes subjugated the Roman possessions in Asia and Africa . And " the Roman empire , " at that period , was re- duced to the walls of Constantinople , with the remnant of Greece , Italy , and Africa , and some maritime cities , from ...
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