The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 1G.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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... Combats 60 Of the Athletæ , or Combatants 66 Of Wrestling 68 Of Boxing , or the Ceftus 71 Of the Pancratium 72 . Of the Difcus , or Quoit 73 Of the Pentathlum 74 Of Races ibid . Of the Foot Race 76 Of the Horse Races 77 Of the Chariot ...
... Combats 60 Of the Athletæ , or Combatants 66 Of Wrestling 68 Of Boxing , or the Ceftus 71 Of the Pancratium 72 . Of the Difcus , or Quoit 73 Of the Pentathlum 74 Of Races ibid . Of the Foot Race 76 Of the Horse Races 77 Of the Chariot ...
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... combats . 4. The public fhows and repre- fentations of the theatre . In each of thefe articles , I fhall treat only of what appears moft worthy of the reader's curiofity , and has moft relation to this hiftory . I omit faying any thing ...
... combats . 4. The public fhows and repre- fentations of the theatre . In each of thefe articles , I fhall treat only of what appears moft worthy of the reader's curiofity , and has moft relation to this hiftory . I omit faying any thing ...
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... combats followed the races . The place for that exercife was upon the banks of the Iliffus , a fmall river , which runs through Athens , and empties itself into the sea at Piræus . Pericles inftituted the prize of mufic . In this dif ...
... combats followed the races . The place for that exercife was upon the banks of the Iliffus , a fmall river , which runs through Athens , and empties itself into the sea at Piræus . Pericles inftituted the prize of mufic . In this dif ...
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... combats , in which the victor was rewarded with a measure of barley ; without doubt , because it was at Eleufis the goddess firft taught the method of raifing that grain , and the use of it . The two follow- ing days were employed in ...
... combats , in which the victor was rewarded with a measure of barley ; without doubt , because it was at Eleufis the goddess firft taught the method of raifing that grain , and the use of it . The two follow- ing days were employed in ...
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... Combats . Games and combats made a part of the religion , and had a fhare in almoft all the feftivals of the ancients ; and for that reafon it is proper to treat of them in this place . Whether we confider their origin , or the de- fign ...
... Combats . Games and combats made a part of the religion , and had a fhare in almoft all the feftivals of the ancients ; and for that reafon it is proper to treat of them in this place . Whether we confider their origin , or the de- fign ...
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Page 247 - LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Page 187 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : "But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 234 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 67 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Page 261 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 263 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
Page 175 - ... place. Now, as so exact a situation was in all probability purposely pitched upon by those who piled up this huge mass of stones above three thousand years ago, it follows, that during so long a space of time...
Page 265 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 5 - 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.
Page 176 - At last, in order, undiscern'd they join, And march together in a friendly line. And, as the Cretan labyrinth of old, With wand'ring ways and many a winding fold...