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Page 79
... wished the captive Cleopatra should grace his triumphal car ; and , chagrined to see that proud woman escape by death , commanded one of the Psylli to suck the wound the aspic had made . Fruitless were his efforts ; the poison had ...
... wished the captive Cleopatra should grace his triumphal car ; and , chagrined to see that proud woman escape by death , commanded one of the Psylli to suck the wound the aspic had made . Fruitless were his efforts ; the poison had ...
Page 128
... wished for no accession of power ; he merely 16 Impatient of cold . ] - This remark of Herodotus con- cerning bees , is in a great measure true , because all apiaries are found to succeed and thrive best , which are exposed to a degree ...
... wished for no accession of power ; he merely 16 Impatient of cold . ] - This remark of Herodotus con- cerning bees , is in a great measure true , because all apiaries are found to succeed and thrive best , which are exposed to a degree ...
Page 129
... wished to be made prince of Mitylene . Having obtained what they severally desired , they departed , XII . Darius , induced by a circumstance of which he was accidentally witness , required Mega- byzus to transport the Pæonians from ...
... wished to be made prince of Mitylene . Having obtained what they severally desired , they departed , XII . Darius , induced by a circumstance of which he was accidentally witness , required Mega- byzus to transport the Pæonians from ...
Page 137
... perpetrate , If he suspected what was about to be done , and had not wished its accomplishment , he would probably , notwithstanding his age , have staid and prevented it.-T. " almost time to retire , and I can perceive TERPSICHORE . 137.
... perpetrate , If he suspected what was about to be done , and had not wished its accomplishment , he would probably , notwithstanding his age , have staid and prevented it.-T. " almost time to retire , and I can perceive TERPSICHORE . 137.
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... wished to establish an aristocracy ; and as he could not possibly succeed in his views , unless by force , he therefore invited the Lacedæ- monians to assist him . - Larcher . 91 Polluted . ] - Literally Enagces , that is , polluted by ...
... wished to establish an aristocracy ; and as he could not possibly succeed in his views , unless by force , he therefore invited the Lacedæ- monians to assist him . - Larcher . 91 Polluted . ] - Literally Enagces , that is , polluted by ...
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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!