The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen2Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... body of cavalry , whom , from their great weakness , they could nei- ther escape nor resist . So that of 58,000 men , very few returned to Carthage . THE THIRD PUNIC WAR . • The third Punic war , which was less considerable than either ...
... body of cavalry , whom , from their great weakness , they could nei- ther escape nor resist . So that of 58,000 men , very few returned to Carthage . THE THIRD PUNIC WAR . • The third Punic war , which was less considerable than either ...
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... bodies of such of the inhabit- ants as had been slain , or precipitated headlong from the houses ; and threw them into pits , the greatest part of them being still alive and panting . In this toil , which lasted six days and as many ...
... bodies of such of the inhabit- ants as had been slain , or precipitated headlong from the houses ; and threw them into pits , the greatest part of them being still alive and panting . In this toil , which lasted six days and as many ...
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... body in toils of war , or his mind in the study of the sciences . By this he showed , that nothing does greater honour to a person of distinction , of what quality or profes- sion soever he be , than the adorning his mind with knowledge ...
... body in toils of war , or his mind in the study of the sciences . By this he showed , that nothing does greater honour to a person of distinction , of what quality or profes- sion soever he be , than the adorning his mind with knowledge ...
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... body abandoned the place , which had given him offence ; and that Nimrod was the first who encompassed it afterwards with walls , settled therein his friends and confederates , and subdued those that lived round about it , beginning his ...
... body abandoned the place , which had given him offence ; and that Nimrod was the first who encompassed it afterwards with walls , settled therein his friends and confederates , and subdued those that lived round about it , beginning his ...
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... body as the mind d . Nor does he so much as except those exercises , wherein it was cus- tomary to fight stark naked , alleging that the virtue of the sex would be a sufficient covering for them . It is a just matter of surprise to find ...
... body as the mind d . Nor does he so much as except those exercises , wherein it was cus- tomary to fight stark naked , alleging that the virtue of the sex would be a sufficient covering for them . It is a just matter of surprise to find ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 163 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Página 141 - 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 142 - The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand...
Página 142 - 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. For Jacob my servant's sake, And Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Página 148 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Página 70 - He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit...
Página 71 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 141 - 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 71 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 141 - Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.