Pharaoh

Examples

• The pride of the race was struck down as the first-born of Pharaoh. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• May the wheels of their chariots be taken off, said the Jew, like those of the host of Pharaoh, that they may drive heavily! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Joseph was the real king, the strength, the brain of the monarchy, though Pharaoh held the title. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Pharaoh's multitude that were drowned in the Red Sea, ain't more beyond restoring to life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Already in the very oldest records the Pharaoh has a power and importance exceeding that of any priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Alexandria, however, for her town affairs, and subject to the divine overlordship of Pharaoh, had a constitution of the Greek city type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is much more reasonable to regard him as the Pharaoh who refused to be a god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In Egypt the temples or Pharaoh-the-god or the nobles under Pharaoh were the owners and rent receivers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On the same island is still shown the spot where Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is beyond a doubt that he is indeed as dead as Pharaoh; and to judge from his appearance and condition, I should think it a happy release. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Ptolemy became Pharaoh, the god king, and his administration continued the ancient tradition of Pepi, Thotmes, Rameses, and Necho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was a royal college; its professors and fellows (as we may call them) were appointed and paid by Pharaoh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Pharaoh of Egypt does not appear to have followed precisely that line. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Crime and the lost archangel generalled the ranks of Pharaoh, and which triumphed? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Rome never developed the fine curiosities that sent Hanno and the sailors of Pharaoh Necho down the coasts of Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Pharaohs of the 1st Dynasty were already working the copper and turquoise mines in the peninsula of Sinai. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Fable and imagination have traced back the origin of freemasonry to the Roman Empire, to the Pharaohs, the Temple of Solomon, the Tower of Babel, and even to the building of Noah’s ark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Pharaohs hunted slaves in Nubia, in order to have black troops for their Syrian expeditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were found sculptured on the doorposts at the entrance to the tomb of a high official of one of the Pharaohs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We find also a number of sculptures and paintings to enforce the idea that the Pharaohs were the actual sons of gods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The earlier Pharaohs were not improbably regarded as incarnations of the dominant god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Editor: Nettie