The history of the CarthaginiansBrown & Peters, 1829 |
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... called to destroy Babylon , and to deliver the Jews 5. God gives the signal to the commanders , and to the troops , to march against Babylon 6. Particular circumstances set down relating to the siege and the taking of Babylon · 134 137 ...
... called to destroy Babylon , and to deliver the Jews 5. God gives the signal to the commanders , and to the troops , to march against Babylon 6. Particular circumstances set down relating to the siege and the taking of Babylon · 134 137 ...
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... called Masæsuli , and their capital was Cirtha . Those of Masinissa were the Massyli : but they are better known by the name of Numidians , which was common to them both . Their prin- cipal strength consisted in their cavalry . They ...
... called Masæsuli , and their capital was Cirtha . Those of Masinissa were the Massyli : but they are better known by the name of Numidians , which was common to them both . Their prin- cipal strength consisted in their cavalry . They ...
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... their respective nations , who were all under the command of a Carthaginian officer , called by Appian Bondapxos . Plut . in vit . Cat . p . 352 . of his robe , in the midst of the senate 12 HISTORY OF THE The third Punic war.
... their respective nations , who were all under the command of a Carthaginian officer , called by Appian Bondapxos . Plut . in vit . Cat . p . 352 . of his robe , in the midst of the senate 12 HISTORY OF THE The third Punic war.
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... called Megara ; when , ordering them to give a sud- den and general shout , he attacked it with great vigour . The ene- my , who did not expect to be attacked in the night , were at first in Ib . p . 70 . * Andriscus . † Appian . p . 68 ...
... called Megara ; when , ordering them to give a sud- den and general shout , he attacked it with great vigour . The ene- my , who did not expect to be attacked in the night , were at first in Ib . p . 70 . * Andriscus . † Appian . p . 68 ...
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... called Byrsa , the city was surrounded with a triple wall , thirty cubits high , exclusive of the parapets and towers , with which it was flanked all round at equal distances , each interval being four- score fathoms . Every tower was ...
... called Byrsa , the city was surrounded with a triple wall , thirty cubits high , exclusive of the parapets and towers , with which it was flanked all round at equal distances , each interval being four- score fathoms . Every tower was ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æsop affairs afterwards amongst ancient Appian Aristagoras arms army Asia Assyrians Astyages Athenians Athens authority Babylon Babylonians battle body brother called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians caused chariots citizens commanded courage Croesus Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus Cyrus's Darius death Democedes desired Egypt Egyptians empire enemy enemy's expedition father favour forces gave give glory gods gold Grecians Greece Herod Herodotus honour horse Ibid inhabitants Jugurtha king king's kingdom Lacedæmonians laws liberty likewise lived Lycurgus magnificence manner Masinissa master means Medes nations never Nineveh obliged observed occasion officers palace Peloponnesus Persian empire Persians persons Pisistratus Plin Plut Plutarch Polybius prince provinces reason reign rendered riches river Romans Rome Sardis says Scipio Scripture Scythians senate sent siege Smerdis soldiers Solon soon Sparta speak subjects temple thing thou thought throne tion took troops victory walls whole Xenophon
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Página 64 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 142 - 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 123 - 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 two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Página 123 - 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. 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 63 - 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 128 - 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 61 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Página 122 - 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 128 - Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this ; but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of Heaven, and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concuhines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified...
Página 122 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.