The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen5T. Clark, Portland; W. & D. Tredwell [i.e. Treadwell], Portsmouth; Munroe & Francis, Boston; J. Bioren, and T.L. Plowman, Philadelphia., 1805 |
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... occasions , which however formed but a very inconsiderable part of the mer- it of this illustrious personage : but with regard to his tem- perance , his justice , his disinterestedness , his sincerity , his magnanimity , his clemency ...
... occasions , which however formed but a very inconsiderable part of the mer- it of this illustrious personage : but with regard to his tem- perance , his justice , his disinterestedness , his sincerity , his magnanimity , his clemency ...
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... occasion of aspiring also in his turn to the sovereignty of Greece . And now , as a politician and a conqueror , he revolves how he may best ex- tend his frontiers , reduce his neighbours , and weaken those whom he was not able to ...
... occasion of aspiring also in his turn to the sovereignty of Greece . And now , as a politician and a conqueror , he revolves how he may best ex- tend his frontiers , reduce his neighbours , and weaken those whom he was not able to ...
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... occasion , by rep- resenting to them , that had they acted at this time with the expedition they ought , they would have saved a confederate city , and spared themselves a multitude of misfortunes . Philip had promised the Athenians to ...
... occasion , by rep- resenting to them , that had they acted at this time with the expedition they ought , they would have saved a confederate city , and spared themselves a multitude of misfortunes . Philip had promised the Athenians to ...
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... occasion ; so that the phalanx was sometimes but eight , and at other times 32 deep but its usual and regular depth was of 16 . The space between each soldier upon a march was six feet , or , which is the same , four cubits ; and the ...
... occasion ; so that the phalanx was sometimes but eight , and at other times 32 deep but its usual and regular depth was of 16 . The space between each soldier upon a march was six feet , or , which is the same , four cubits ; and the ...
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... occasion was called the sa- cred war , as undertaken from a religious motive , and last- éd ten years . The people guilty of this profanation were summoned to appear before the Amphyctions , or states- general of Greece : and the whole ...
... occasion was called the sa- cred war , as undertaken from a religious motive , and last- éd ten years . The people guilty of this profanation were summoned to appear before the Amphyctions , or states- general of Greece : and the whole ...
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Página 294 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Página 160 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Página 160 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Página 294 - This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Página 160 - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Página 258 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.
Página 160 - And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Página 111 - The present condition of my affairs will not admit either of slow remedies or fearful physicians. A speedy death is more eligible to me than a slow cure. In case the physicians think it is in their power to do me any good, they are to know, that I do not so much wish to live as to fight.
Página 294 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 258 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...