The Pillar of Fire; or, Israel in Bondage

LETTER XIX.

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Intelligence from Ethiopia--Remeses a conqueror--Great spoils--He enters Memphis in triumphal array--His filial piety--The captive Ethiopian king--Victorious army of one hundred thousand men in triumphal procession--The Prince of Egypt in his war-chariot--Column of twelve thousand Ethiopian captives--Description of the bands of captives, and their treatment--Invocation of the victors in the great temple of Pthah--Distinction between captives taken in war and the Hebrews--pp. 314-330.