The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians: Translated from the French, Volumen2Robinson, Pratt & Company, 1841 |
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... inhabitants of this city , * from their last defeat , knew what they had to fear from the Romans , who had uniformly displayed great ill - will towards them , as often as they had addressed them upon their disputes with Masinissa . To ...
... inhabitants of this city , * from their last defeat , knew what they had to fear from the Romans , who had uniformly displayed great ill - will towards them , as often as they had addressed them upon their disputes with Masinissa . To ...
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... inhabitants entirely with regard to a foreign power ; since they had , within their own walls , all the opportunities of in- dulging themselves in excesses of every kind . To lay aside , for one instant , the laws of equity , I leave ...
... inhabitants entirely with regard to a foreign power ; since they had , within their own walls , all the opportunities of in- dulging themselves in excesses of every kind . To lay aside , for one instant , the laws of equity , I leave ...
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... inhabitants took the opportunity of this delay to put themselves in a posture of defence , being all unanimously resolved not to quit the city . They appoint- ed as general without the walls , Asdrubal , who was at the head of 20,000 ...
... inhabitants took the opportunity of this delay to put themselves in a posture of defence , being all unanimously resolved not to quit the city . They appoint- ed as general without the walls , Asdrubal , who was at the head of 20,000 ...
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... inhabitants . It stood at the bottom of a gulf , surrounded by the sea , and in the form of a peninsula , whose neck , that is , the isthmus which joined it to the continent , was twenty - five stadia , or a league and a quarter in ...
... inhabitants . It stood at the bottom of a gulf , surrounded by the sea , and in the form of a peninsula , whose neck , that is , the isthmus which joined it to the continent , was twenty - five stadia , or a league and a quarter in ...
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... inhabitants dwelt which lay around the citadel , and was called Megara . At day - break , Asdrubalt perceiving the ignominious defeat of his troops , in order that he might be revenged on the Romans , and , at the same time , deprive ...
... inhabitants dwelt which lay around the citadel , and was called Megara . At day - break , Asdrubalt perceiving the ignominious defeat of his troops , in order that he might be revenged on the Romans , and , at the same time , deprive ...
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Página 132 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the 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.
Página 133 - 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 : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Página 154 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them ; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Página 152 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Página 69 - Hew the tree down, and destroy it: yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field : and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.
Página 133 - 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...
Página 132 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Página 138 - ... the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Página 152 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Página 215 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.