Ancient historyJohn Souter, 1831 - 601 páginas |
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... Athenians , he was at length de- feated , taken prisoner , and crucified . This terrible ex- ample , however , failed in producing the desired effect . Amyrtæus and seven succeeding princes wore the crown of Egypt ; but their authority ...
... Athenians , he was at length de- feated , taken prisoner , and crucified . This terrible ex- ample , however , failed in producing the desired effect . Amyrtæus and seven succeeding princes wore the crown of Egypt ; but their authority ...
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... Athenians re- turned home , and would not again take any part in this war ; but their having engaged thus far , gave rise to that contest between the two nations , which finally terminated in the destruction of the Persian empire ...
... Athenians re- turned home , and would not again take any part in this war ; but their having engaged thus far , gave rise to that contest between the two nations , which finally terminated in the destruction of the Persian empire ...
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... Athenians so successfully by his words and example , that they attacked the Persians with irresistible fury , and , after a sanguinary conflict , chased them to their fleet , and burnt several of their vessels . The conquerors found ...
... Athenians so successfully by his words and example , that they attacked the Persians with irresistible fury , and , after a sanguinary conflict , chased them to their fleet , and burnt several of their vessels . The conquerors found ...
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... Athenians and Lacedæmonians , finding themselves abandoned by all their countrymen , ex- cept the Thespians and the Plateans , resolved to terminate all intestine discords , and nominated Themistocles general of the Athenian , and ...
... Athenians and Lacedæmonians , finding themselves abandoned by all their countrymen , ex- cept the Thespians and the Plateans , resolved to terminate all intestine discords , and nominated Themistocles general of the Athenian , and ...
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... Athenians to send their wives and children to places of security ; to abandon their city to the Persians ; and to embark on board a fleet , which might possibly yet arrest the victories of an insulting foe . Some , however , who ...
... Athenians to send their wives and children to places of security ; to abandon their city to the Persians ; and to embark on board a fleet , which might possibly yet arrest the victories of an insulting foe . Some , however , who ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achæan afterwards Alexander ancient Antiochus Antony appear Appius appointed Armenia army Asia assassinated assistance Athenians Athens Attalus Augustus battle became Bithynia body brother Brutus Cæsar Cappadocia Carthage Carthaginians caused character Cleopatra command conduct consul crown cruelty Darius decemviri declared decree defeated Demetrius descendants died divided earth east Egypt Egyptians emperor empire endeavoured enemy engagement erected fate father favour fleet Gaul Goths Gracchus Greece Greeks Hannibal History honours hundred inhabitants Italy Jews Judea Jugurtha Julius Cæsar killed king kingdom Lacedæmonians land laws length Macedon Macedonia marched Marius married master Medes Mithridates monarch murdered nations Numidia obliged obtained peace Persians person Philip Pompey possessed prince provinces Ptolemy punishment put to death Pyrrhus reign religion resolved Romans Rome Samnites Scipio Scythians senate sent Sicily slain soldiers soon sovereign succeeded success successor surnamed Sylla Syria temple thousand Thrace Tiberius took tribunes troops victory Whither
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Página 4 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 313 - ... and diligence the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and, the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Página 172 - In times of old, when every part of the body could think for itself, and each had a separate will of its own, they all, with common consent, resolved to revolt against the belly. They knew no reason, they said, why they should toil from morning till night in its service, while the belly, in the...
Página 393 - An ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON ALGEBRA, Theoretical and Practical ; with attempts to simplify some of the more difficult parts of the science, particularly the demonstration of the Binomial Theorem, in its most general form ; the Solution of Equations of the higher orders ; the Summation of Infinite Series, &c.
Página 377 - It is bounded on the north by Egypt; on the east by the Red Sea and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire; on the west by the Central African Republic and Chad; and on the northwest by Libya.
Página 197 - On his first appearance in the field, he united in his own person the most masterly method of commanding, with the most perfect obedience to his superiors. Thus he was equally beloved by his generals, and the troops he was appointed to lead. 22. He was possessed of the greatest courage in opposing danger, and the greatest presence of mind in retiring from it.
Página 283 - Jenn salem ; while he himself went forward, and was met many miles from Rome by all the senate, and near half the inhabitants, who gave the sincerest testimonies of their joy, in having an emperor of such great and experienced virtues. Nor did he in the least disappoint their expectations ; being equally...