The history of the CarthaginiansBrown & Peters, 1829 |
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... speaking of the Romans , had laid the foun- dations of their future grandeur ; and the last , by his conquests , opened a door to all manner of luxury and dissoluteness . For , after Car- thage , which obliged Rome to stand for ever on ...
... speaking of the Romans , had laid the foun- dations of their future grandeur ; and the last , by his conquests , opened a door to all manner of luxury and dissoluteness . For , after Car- thage , which obliged Rome to stand for ever on ...
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... speaking of Scipio , says , that he always had Xenophon's works in his hands , which are so famous for the solid and excellent instructions they contain , both in regard to war and policy . He owed this exquisite taste for polite ...
... speaking of Scipio , says , that he always had Xenophon's works in his hands , which are so famous for the solid and excellent instructions they contain , both in regard to war and policy . He owed this exquisite taste for polite ...
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... speaking as follows of Masinissa's vigorous constitution : Arbitror te audire , Scipio , hospes tuus Masinissa quæ faciat hodie nonaginta annos natus ; cùm ingressus iter pedibus sit , in equum omnino non ascendere ; cùm equo , ez equo ...
... speaking as follows of Masinissa's vigorous constitution : Arbitror te audire , Scipio , hospes tuus Masinissa quæ faciat hodie nonaginta annos natus ; cùm ingressus iter pedibus sit , in equum omnino non ascendere ; cùm equo , ez equo ...
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... speak of the first founder of that city ; for it owes its beginning neither to Semiramis nor to Nimrod , but to the foolish vanity of those persons mentioned in Scripture , ‡ who de- sired to build a tower and a city , that should ...
... speak of the first founder of that city ; for it owes its beginning neither to Semiramis nor to Nimrod , but to the foolish vanity of those persons mentioned in Scripture , ‡ who de- sired to build a tower and a city , that should ...
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... speak of the mighty strength and greatness of the cities of Babylon and Nineveh , under the kings to whom their building is ascribed by profane authors , because the Scripture says little or no- thing on that subject . This silence of ...
... speak of the mighty strength and greatness of the cities of Babylon and Nineveh , under the kings to whom their building is ascribed by profane authors , because the Scripture says little or no- thing on that subject . This silence of ...
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
Pasajes populares
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.