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Page 156
... Cleomenes had succeeded him , rather on account of his family than his virtues . Anaxandrides had married his niece , 4 Magistrates . ] - The original is orparnyos , which , as M. Larcher remarks , does not in this place mean the leader ...
... Cleomenes had succeeded him , rather on account of his family than his virtues . Anaxandrides had married his niece , 4 Magistrates . ] - The original is orparnyos , which , as M. Larcher remarks , does not in this place mean the leader ...
Page 158
... Cleomenes . XLII . Of Cleomenes it is reported , that he had not the proper use of his faculties , but was insane ; Dorieus , on the contrary , was greatly 44 Leonidas . ] - This was the Leonidas who died with so much glory at the ...
... Cleomenes . XLII . Of Cleomenes it is reported , that he had not the proper use of his faculties , but was insane ; Dorieus , on the contrary , was greatly 44 Leonidas . ] - This was the Leonidas who died with so much glory at the ...
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... Cleomenes . ] - This Cleomenes , as is reported by Ælian , used to say that Homer was the poet of the Lacedæmonians , and Hesiod the poet of the Helots : one taught the art of war , the other of agriculture . - T . 47 Of the ceremonies ...
... Cleomenes . ] - This Cleomenes , as is reported by Ælian , used to say that Homer was the poet of the Lacedæmonians , and Hesiod the poet of the Helots : one taught the art of war , the other of agriculture . - T . 47 Of the ceremonies ...
Page 166
... Cleomenes , and had remained at Lacedæmon , he would have suc- ceeded to the throne of Sparta . Cleomenes , after a very short reign , died , leaving an only child , a daughter , of the name of Gorgo 58 • XLIX . During the reign of ...
... Cleomenes , and had remained at Lacedæmon , he would have suc- ceeded to the throne of Sparta . Cleomenes , after a very short reign , died , leaving an only child , a daughter , of the name of Gorgo 58 • XLIX . During the reign of ...
Page 167
... Cleomenes , you will cease to wonder at my zeal in desiring to see you . The Ionians , who ought to be free , are " in a state of servitude , which is not only dis- graceful , but also a source of the extremest sorrow to us , as it must ...
... Cleomenes , you will cease to wonder at my zeal in desiring to see you . The Ionians , who ought to be free , are " in a state of servitude , which is not only dis- graceful , but also a source of the extremest sorrow to us , as it must ...
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Page 475 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 356 - I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Page 357 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 99 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 115 - And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 311 - And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Page 356 - This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth...
Page 101 - And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Page 121 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Page 270 - We greet not here as man conversing man, Met at an oak, or journeying o'er a plain; No season now for calm familiar talk, Like youths and maidens in an evening walk; War is our business, but to whom is given To die or triumph, that determine Heaven!