The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 8Pub. and sold by Etheridge and Bliss, 1809 - History, Ancient |
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... army , to have somebody upon whom he might rely for keeping the citizens within the bounds of their duty . Leptinus seemed very fit for this purpose . He had abundance of persons devoted to his interest , and was in very great credit ...
... army , to have somebody upon whom he might rely for keeping the citizens within the bounds of their duty . Leptinus seemed very fit for this purpose . He had abundance of persons devoted to his interest , and was in very great credit ...
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... army into two parts ; on the one side he posted such of the soldiers who were Sy- racusans ; on the other , those who were not so . He put himself at the head of the first , as if he in- tended an attack , and left the others exposed to ...
... army into two parts ; on the one side he posted such of the soldiers who were Sy- racusans ; on the other , those who were not so . He put himself at the head of the first , as if he in- tended an attack , and left the others exposed to ...
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... army , without his aid , had been exposed to excessive famine . The interval between the end of the first punic war and the commencement of the second , which was about twenty five years , was a time of years , was a time of peace and ...
... army , without his aid , had been exposed to excessive famine . The interval between the end of the first punic war and the commencement of the second , which was about twenty five years , was a time of years , was a time of peace and ...
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... army , to keep the soldiers quiet , arriv- ed soon after at the city . They made themselves masters of the quarter Achradina , where , by showing the tyrant's bloody robe , with his diadem , to the peo- ple , and exhorting them to take ...
... army , to keep the soldiers quiet , arriv- ed soon after at the city . They made themselves masters of the quarter Achradina , where , by showing the tyrant's bloody robe , with his diadem , to the peo- ple , and exhorting them to take ...
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... army , where the commanders Dinomenes and Sosis were . When they were informed of the cause of the tumult , they advanced hastily , blamed the soldiers for having received Hippocrates and Epicydes , the ene- mies of their country , and ...
... army , where the commanders Dinomenes and Sosis were . When they were informed of the cause of the tumult , they advanced hastily , blamed the soldiers for having received Hippocrates and Epicydes , the ene- mies of their country , and ...
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Page 267 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 70 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, « To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Page 267 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them : 42 Dan.
Page 246 - On board this fleet were 200,000 foot and 12,000 horse. The kings of Libya, Cilicia, Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, Comagena, and Thrace, were there in person ; and those of Pontus, Judea, Lycaonia, Galatia, and Media, had sent their troops. A more splendid and pompous sight could not be seen than this fleet when it put to sea, and had unfurled its sails. But nothing equalled the magnificence of Cleopatra's galley, all flaming with gold ; its sails of purple ; its flags and streamers floating in the wind,...
Page 267 - Suspended from the front of the rude pulpit were two broad sheets of canvas, upon one of which was the figure of a man, the head of gold, the breast and arms of silver, the belly of brass, the legs of iron, and feet of clay — the dream of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Page 63 - Marcellus, may be a lasting and an eternal monument of the valour and clemency of him who took and preserved it. It is unjust that the remembrance of Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say, you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero, but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus .have fallen solely upon his own head.
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Page 253 - I the face, and a numbness of all the organs of sense, gently extinguished life; so that those, in that condition, were angry when any one awakened them, or endeavoured to make them rise, like people exceedingly sleepy. This was...
Page 263 - She placed it by her, and/ a moment after laid down, as if she had fallen asleep. But that was the effect of the aspic, which was concealed amongst the fruit, and had stung her in the arm, which she had held to it. The poison immediately communicated itself to the heart, and killed her without pain, or being perceived by any body.