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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
It was the boast of the Colchians, that their ancestors had checked the victories of Sesostris; and the defeat of the Egyptian is less incredible than his successful progress as far as the foot of Mount Caucasus.
Life of John Wesley Redfield by Terrill, Joseph Goodwin
Information now came to Mr. Redfield that Mr. Roberts, who had been expelled from the Genesee Conference, was laboring under the auspices of a Laymen’s Convention held in Albion, N.
Life and Death of Mr Badman by Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Courteous Reader, As I was considering with my self, what I had written concerning the Progress of the Pilgrim from this World to Glory; and how it had been acceptable to many in this Nation: It came again into my mind to write, as then, of him that was going to Heaven, so now, of the Life and Death of the Ungodly, and of their travel from this world to Hell.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Ceylon An island (266 1/2 miles long and 140 1/2 miles broad), to the south-east of India and separated from it only by a chain of reefs and sand-banks called Adam's Bridge.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Volume I by Smith, George Adam (1856-1942)
Amos i. 1; iii. 3-8; vii. 14, 15. When charged at the crisis of his career with being but a hireling-prophet, Amos disclaimed the official name and took his stand upon his work as a man: No prophet I, nor prophet's son, but a herdsman and a dresser of sycomores.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua by Blaikie, W. G. (1820-1899)
Joshua xxiii. The last two chapters of Joshua are very like each other. Each professes to be a report of the aged leader's farewell meeting with the heads of the people.
Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther by Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849-1920)
Nehemiah viii. 1-8. The fragmentary nature of the chronicler's work is nowhere more apparent than in that portion of it which treats of the events immediately following on the completion of the fortifications of Jerusalem.
Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther by Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849-1920)
Nehemiah viii.…
Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther by Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849-1920)
Nehemiah viii.…
Mysticism: A Study in Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness by Underhill, Evelyn (1875-1941)
T he most highly developed branches of the human family have in common one peculiar characteristic. They tend to produce—sporadically it is true, and often in the teeth of adverse external circumstances—a curious and definite type of personality; a type which refuses to be satisfied with that which other men call experience, and is inclined, in the words of its enemies,…