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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... joined by other adventurers of the same description , and employed as the royal guard , the Grecian mercenaries became the support of this prince and his successors in seasons of danger and tumult . 60. Diod . Sicul . et Herodot . ubi ...
... joined by other adventurers of the same description , and employed as the royal guard , the Grecian mercenaries became the support of this prince and his successors in seasons of danger and tumult . 60. Diod . Sicul . et Herodot . ubi ...
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... joined battle , and fought Ant . Chr . with great fury . At length the troops of Apries , op- pressed by numbers , were obliged to quit the field , æra 177 after a desperate struggle for victory , and the king 163. Id . ibid . 164 ...
... joined battle , and fought Ant . Chr . with great fury . At length the troops of Apries , op- pressed by numbers , were obliged to quit the field , æra 177 after a desperate struggle for victory , and the king 163. Id . ibid . 164 ...
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... joining in the general league , he was ready to make head against all his enemies before the arrival of Crœsus . He accordingly entered the Babylonian territories , which he prudently resolved to make the scene of war , and found the ...
... joining in the general league , he was ready to make head against all his enemies before the arrival of Crœsus . He accordingly entered the Babylonian territories , which he prudently resolved to make the scene of war , and found the ...
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... joined battle , and fought with ob- stinate valour . But the Egyptians and their allies , after numbers had fallen on both sides , were finally broken , and totally routed 55. The surrender of the city of Pelusium , esteemed the key of ...
... joined battle , and fought with ob- stinate valour . But the Egyptians and their allies , after numbers had fallen on both sides , were finally broken , and totally routed 55. The surrender of the city of Pelusium , esteemed the key of ...
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... joined in the conspiracy against the liberties of their country , were instantly put to death'43 . The Athenians no sooner found themselves in quiet possession of their capital , then they recalled Clisthenes , and the seven hundred ...
... joined in the conspiracy against the liberties of their country , were instantly put to death'43 . The Athenians no sooner found themselves in quiet possession of their capital , then they recalled Clisthenes , and the seven hundred ...
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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.