The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen2Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... subject , as I am not writing the Roman history . However , it appeared to me so well adapted to the general design I propose to my- self , in this work , viz . the cultivating and improving the minds of youth , that I could not forbear ...
... subject , as I am not writing the Roman history . However , it appeared to me so well adapted to the general design I propose to my- self , in this work , viz . the cultivating and improving the minds of youth , that I could not forbear ...
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... subjects ; who out of a grate- ful sense of the felicity they had enjoyed during his reign , rank- ed him in the number of their gods . Pausanias speaksof a statue which the Athenians erected in his honour . It was indeed just , that a ...
... subjects ; who out of a grate- ful sense of the felicity they had enjoyed during his reign , rank- ed him in the number of their gods . Pausanias speaksof a statue which the Athenians erected in his honour . It was indeed just , that a ...
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... ; as also what Father Tournemine has written upon this subject in his edition of Menochius . ancient of all those who have ever aspired after that D 2 BOOK THE THIRD . 4 The first empire of the Assyrians Duration of that empire.
... ; as also what Father Tournemine has written upon this subject in his edition of Menochius . ancient of all those who have ever aspired after that D 2 BOOK THE THIRD . 4 The first empire of the Assyrians Duration of that empire.
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... subjects as he was by his old ones ; so that the histori- ans d , who have not examined into the bottom of this affair , have thought that he made use of the Assyrians to conquer . the Babylonians . Among other cities he built one more ...
... subjects as he was by his old ones ; so that the histori- ans d , who have not examined into the bottom of this affair , have thought that he made use of the Assyrians to conquer . the Babylonians . Among other cities he built one more ...
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... subject . This si- lence of Scripture , so little satisfactory to our curiosity , may become an instructive lesson for our piety . The holy pen- man has placed Nimrod and Abraham , as it were , in one view before us ; and seems to have ...
... subject . This si- lence of Scripture , so little satisfactory to our curiosity , may become an instructive lesson for our piety . The holy pen- man has placed Nimrod and Abraham , as it were , in one view before us ; and seems to have ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æsop affairs afterwards amongst ancient Appian Aristagoras arms army Artaphernes Asia Assyrians Astyages Athenians Athens authority Babylon Babylonians battle body brought called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians caused chariots commanded courage Croesus Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus Cyrus's Darius death Democedes desired Egypt Egyptians empire enemy expedition father favour forces gave give gods gold Grecian Greece Herod Herodotus honour horse Ibid inhabitants Ionians Jugurtha king king's kingdom laws liberty likewise lived Lycurgus Magian magnificent manner marched Masinissa master means Medes ment nations never Nineveh obliged observed occasion officers palace Peloponnesus Persian empire Persians persons Pisistratus Plut Plutarch Polybius prince provinces reason reign rendered riches river Romans Rome Sardis says Scipio Scripture Scythians SECT sent siege Smerdis Solon Sparta speak subjects temple thing thou thought throne tion took troops victory whole Xenophon
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Página 163 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Página 141 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 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 142 - The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand...
Página 142 - 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 148 - 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 70 - He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit...
Página 71 - 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 141 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 71 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 141 - Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.