The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians: Including a History of the Arts and Sciences of the Ancients, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... taken and burnt by Xerxes , 222 . SECT . VIII . The battle of Salamis . Precipitate return of Xerxes into Asia ... taken by the Athenians . Pericles is restored to his em ployment . His death , and that of Anaxagoras , 268 . SECT . III ...
... taken and burnt by Xerxes , 222 . SECT . VIII . The battle of Salamis . Precipitate return of Xerxes into Asia ... taken by the Athenians . Pericles is restored to his em ployment . His death , and that of Anaxagoras , 268 . SECT . III ...
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... taken by storm , and all the inhabitants put to the sword . This first blow served only to animate the Messenians , by showing them what they were to expect from the enemy , if they did not defend themselves with vigour . The Lacedæ ...
... taken by storm , and all the inhabitants put to the sword . This first blow served only to animate the Messenians , by showing them what they were to expect from the enemy , if they did not defend themselves with vigour . The Lacedæ ...
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... taken , spectators see no- thing but the melancholy and frightful remains of what they once were . The custom of burning dead bodies has something in it cruel and barbarous , in destroying so hastily the remains of persons once dear to ...
... taken , spectators see no- thing but the melancholy and frightful remains of what they once were . The custom of burning dead bodies has something in it cruel and barbarous , in destroying so hastily the remains of persons once dear to ...
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... taken notice of some civil offi- cers who were established at Carthage , with a power like that of the censors of Rome , to inspect the manners of the citizens . The chief of these officers took from Hamilcar the father of Hannibal , a ...
... taken notice of some civil offi- cers who were established at Carthage , with a power like that of the censors of Rome , to inspect the manners of the citizens . The chief of these officers took from Hamilcar the father of Hannibal , a ...
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... taken um- brage at the rising power of the Romans ; and already harboured in their breasts the secret seeds of that jealousy and distrust , that were one day to burst out in long and cruel wars , and a mutual hatred and ani- mosity ...
... taken um- brage at the rising power of the Romans ; and already harboured in their breasts the secret seeds of that jealousy and distrust , that were one day to burst out in long and cruel wars , and a mutual hatred and ani- mosity ...
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affairs afterwards Alcibiades allies ancient Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attack authority Babylon battle besieged body called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians caused Cimon citizens command conquests courage Cyaxares Cyrus Darius death declared defeated desired Diod Egypt Egyptians empire endeavoured enemy enemy's engage father favour fleet forces gave give glory gods greatest Grecians Greece Greeks Hannibal Herod Herodotus honour horse Ibid inhabitants island justice king kingdom Lacedæmonians land laws liberty magnificent manner Masinissa master Medes ment merit nations never nians Nicias obliged observed occasion peace Peloponnesus Pericles Persians person Plut Plutarch Polyb Polybius prince reign rest riches river Romans Rome ruin says Scipio Scythians senate sent ships Sicily side siege soldiers soon Sparta succour Syracusans Syracuse temple Themistocles thing thought throne Thucyd tion took treaty troops victory whilst whole Xerxes
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Página 131 - And thou his son, O 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 concubines, 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 246 - Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks ; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Página 104 - 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 129 - 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 128 - 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.
Página 137 - After this I saw in the night visions and behold a fourth beast dreadful and terrible and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth, it devoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it and it had ten horns.
Página 129 - 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 xxiv - By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom; for I am prudent: And I have removed the bounds of the people, And have robbed their treasures, And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Página 246 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Página 103 - 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.