The Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium, Volume 7J. and P. Knapton, 1742 - Rome |
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Page 146 - For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
Page 163 - IS um quis, quod bonus vir esset, gratias Diis egit unquam? At quod dives, quod honoratus, quod incolumis. Jovemque Optimum, Maximum ob eas res appellant, non quod nos justos, temperatos, sapientes efficiat, sed quod salvos, incolumes, opulentes, copiosos.
Page 211 - Then, charmed with having revenged the injury done her chastity, she took the head of the officer, which she had cut off with her own hands, and hiding it under her robe, went to her husband' Ortiagon, who had returned home after the defeat of his troops. As soon as she came into his presence, she threw the centurion's head at his feet. He...
Page 146 - Lord had appointed to defeat the good counfel. of Ahitophel, TO THE INTENT THAT THE LORD MIGHT BRING THE EVIL UPON ABSALOM, which he deferved.
Page 203 - Gaub, leaving their native country in multitudes, either becaufe it was too fmall to contain them,' or from the hope of booty, and imagining they would meet no nation on their route a match for them in war, arrived under the command of Brennus in the country of the Dardanians. Here they mutinied, and 26,000 feparating from Brennus went to Thrace, with two petty princes, Leonorius and Lutarius, at their head.
Page 211 - ... who came to receive her to draw their swords and kill the centurion, who was then amusing himself with weighing the gold. Then, charmed with having revenged the injury done her chastity, she took the head of the officer, which she had cut off with her own hands, and hiding it under her robe, went to her husband' Ortiagon, who had returned home after the defeat of his troops.