The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volumen2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... Ducetius , a chieftain of the Siceli or Siculi , having brought under his command all the cities of that ancient people except Hybla , united them under one government20 . This prince , being both wise and brave , aimed at the expulsion ...
... Ducetius , a chieftain of the Siceli or Siculi , having brought under his command all the cities of that ancient people except Hybla , united them under one government20 . This prince , being both wise and brave , aimed at the expulsion ...
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... Ducetius , after he had fortified his new city , named Palicon , divided the adjacent country among the inhabitants ; who grew rich and powerful in a short time , both by reason of the fertility of the soil , and the number of the ...
... Ducetius , after he had fortified his new city , named Palicon , divided the adjacent country among the inhabitants ; who grew rich and powerful in a short time , both by reason of the fertility of the soil , and the number of the ...
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... Ducetius , after a gallant resistance , was forced to give ground ; and great slaughter of the vanquished was made , by the Syracusians , in the pursuit 233. Most of the Siceli or Siculi , who escaped in the general carnage , fled to ...
... Ducetius , after a gallant resistance , was forced to give ground ; and great slaughter of the vanquished was made , by the Syracusians , in the pursuit 233. Most of the Siceli or Siculi , who escaped in the general carnage , fled to ...
Página 481
... Ducetius was sent by the Syracusians to Cor- inth , their mother - city ; and assured , that he should be supplied , during the remainder of his life , with a comfortable maintenance , at the expense of the state , provided he did not ...
... Ducetius was sent by the Syracusians to Cor- inth , their mother - city ; and assured , that he should be supplied , during the remainder of his life , with a comfortable maintenance , at the expense of the state , provided he did not ...
Página 482
... Ducetius revolting against a private life at Corinth , he broke all his engagements with the Syracusians : and pretending he was commanded by the oracle to people the pleasant sea - coast of Sicily , he got toge- ther a number of ...
... Ducetius revolting against a private life at Corinth , he broke all his engagements with the Syracusians : and pretending he was commanded by the oracle to people the pleasant sea - coast of Sicily , he got toge- ther a number of ...
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Página 39 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 2 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations...
Página 39 - ... thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 2 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Página 32 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Página 8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Página 7 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? And Elisha said unto.
Página 7 - And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.