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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... immediately to reafon and good fenfe . It is very diffi- cult to treat with perfons of this turn of mind . Philip accordingly , notwithstanding his double authority of king and father , believed it neceffary to employ per- suasion ...
... immediately to reafon and good fenfe . It is very diffi- cult to treat with perfons of this turn of mind . Philip accordingly , notwithstanding his double authority of king and father , believed it neceffary to employ per- suasion ...
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... chains , was carried before Alexander . The prince perceived immediately by her mien that the was a woman of quality and great fpirit , for the followed thofe thofe brutal wretches with a very haughty air , and OF ALEXANDER . 15.
... chains , was carried before Alexander . The prince perceived immediately by her mien that the was a woman of quality and great fpirit , for the followed thofe thofe brutal wretches with a very haughty air , and OF ALEXANDER . 15.
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... Immediately Alexander fent to Athens , requiring the citizens to deliver up to him ten orators , whom he fup- pofed to have been the chief inftruments in forming the league which Philip his father had defeated at Charonea . It was on ...
... Immediately Alexander fent to Athens , requiring the citizens to deliver up to him ten orators , whom he fup- pofed to have been the chief inftruments in forming the league which Philip his father had defeated at Charonea . It was on ...
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... Immediately a great number of officers and governors of cities , with many philofophers , waited upon Alex- ander , to congratulate him upon his election . He flat- tered himself , that Diogenes of Synope , who was then at Corinth ...
... Immediately a great number of officers and governors of cities , with many philofophers , waited upon Alex- ander , to congratulate him upon his election . He flat- tered himself , that Diogenes of Synope , who was then at Corinth ...
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... immediately . Accordingly he offered up very fplendid facrifices to the gods , and caufed to be celebrated at Dia , a city of Macedon , Scenical games , that had been inftituted by one of his ancestors in honour of Jupiter and the Mufes ...
... immediately . Accordingly he offered up very fplendid facrifices to the gods , and caufed to be celebrated at Dia , a city of Macedon , Scenical games , that had been inftituted by one of his ancestors in honour of Jupiter and the Mufes ...
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Afia afterwards againſt Alex Alexander Alexander's alfo ander anfwer Antipater arms Arrian arrived Babylon Bagoas Barbarians battle becauſe befieged cafe caufed chariots Cilicia Clitus commanded conquefts conquered conqueror Craterus croffed CURT Darius Darius's death defign defire difcover Ecbatana empire enemy expofed facrifices faid fame fays fecure feemed feifed fenfible fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhould fhow fide fiege firft firſt foldiers fome foon fovereign ftill ftones fubdued fubjects fuch fuffer furrounded glory greateſt Greece Greeks Harpalus himſelf honour horfe horſe hundred inftant king laft laſt leaft loft Macedon Macedonians manner moft monarch moſt Nearchus nevertheleſs obferved occafion paffed Parmenio Perfians perfon Philotas pleaſure Plut Plutarch poffeffed poffible Porus prefent prince prodigious purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft river Scythians Sogdiana Spitamenes thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand troops Tyre uſed utmoſt victory whofe whole army
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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.