The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6G.G. and J. Robinson; W. Richardson and Company; H. Gardner; W. Otridge and Son; R. Baldwin ... [and 16 others]. By Darton and Harvey, 1800 |
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... called , " The beft provifion for a warrior . " He always had with him that edition of Homer which Arif totle had revifed and corrected , and to which the title of the Edition of the Box was given ; and he laid it , with his fword ...
... called , " The beft provifion for a warrior . " He always had with him that edition of Homer which Arif totle had revifed and corrected , and to which the title of the Edition of the Box was given ; and he laid it , with his fword ...
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... called + Bucephalus . The owner would fell him for thirteen talents , about 1900l . fterling . The king went into the plains , attended by his courtiers , in order to view the perfections of this horfe ; but upon trial he appeared fo ...
... called + Bucephalus . The owner would fell him for thirteen talents , about 1900l . fterling . The king went into the plains , attended by his courtiers , in order to view the perfections of this horfe ; but upon trial he appeared fo ...
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... called it Bucephalia , in honour of him . I have related elsewhere , that Alexander , at fix- teen years of age , was appointed regent of Macedo- nia , and invested with abfolute authority during his father's abfence ; that he behaved ...
... called it Bucephalia , in honour of him . I have related elsewhere , that Alexander , at fix- teen years of age , was appointed regent of Macedo- nia , and invested with abfolute authority during his father's abfence ; that he behaved ...
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... called me , in his orations , a child , when I was in Illyria , and among the Triballi ; he called me a young man when I was in Theffaly ; and I must now fhow him , before the walls of Athens , that I am a man grown . " He appeared fo ...
... called me , in his orations , a child , when I was in Illyria , and among the Triballi ; he called me a young man when I was in Theffaly ; and I must now fhow him , before the walls of Athens , that I am a man grown . " He appeared fo ...
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... called unlucky , a season in which people were forbid confulting the oracle ; and accordingly the prieftefs refused to go to the temple . But Alexander , who could not bear any contradiction to his will , took her forcibly by the arm ...
... called unlucky , a season in which people were forbid confulting the oracle ; and accordingly the prieftefs refused to go to the temple . But Alexander , who could not bear any contradiction to his will , took her forcibly by the arm ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 6 Charles Rollin,Robert Lynam Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 6 Charles Rollin Affichage du livre entier - 1808 |
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 6 Charles Rollin Affichage du livre entier - 1825 |
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Page 103 - And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Page 103 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Page 103 - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Page 186 - To our friends we give corn, which we procure by the labour of our oxen ; with them we offer wine to the gods in our cup ; and with regard to our enemies, we combat them at a distance with our arrows, and near at hand with our javelins.
Page 229 - ... part of his foot, did not behave like the great Darius, who, in a like disaster, was the first that fled ; on the contrary, he continued in the field, as long as one battalion or squadron stood their ground ; but at last, having received a wound in the shoulder, he retired upon his elephant ; and was easily distinguished from the rest by the greatness of his...
Page 83 - The courage of the combatants increased with the danger; and each side, animated by the most powerful motives, fought like lions. Wherever the battering-rams had beat down any part of the wall, and the bridges were thrown out, instantly the Argyraspides mounted the breach with the utmost valour, being headed by Admetus, one of the bravest officers in the army, who was killed by the thrust of a partisan * as he was encouraging his soldiers.
Page 91 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Page 103 - And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Page 103 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns ; and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 186 - And that thou mayest be sensible what kind of people the Scythians are, know, that we received from heaven, as a rich present, a yoke of oxen, a ploughshare, a dart, a javelin, and a cup.