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... fled to Arabia , where he led a shepherd's life , near Sinai , in the service of an Arab sheikh . While here , he received the com- mand of God to lead his people out of Egypt : he re- turned thither , and , by performing many wondrous ...
... fled to Arabia , where he led a shepherd's life , near Sinai , in the service of an Arab sheikh . While here , he received the com- mand of God to lead his people out of Egypt : he re- turned thither , and , by performing many wondrous ...
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... fled to Susa , and abandoned himself to pleasure . The next year saw at Platea the total defeat of Mardonius , and the Gre- cian fleet , after the victory at Mycale , sailing in triumph along the coast of Asia . Cruelties exercised on ...
... fled to Susa , and abandoned himself to pleasure . The next year saw at Platea the total defeat of Mardonius , and the Gre- cian fleet , after the victory at Mycale , sailing in triumph along the coast of Asia . Cruelties exercised on ...
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... fled to Sparta : a Spartan general , Gylippus , was despatched to Syracuse , and though the Athenians augmented their army in Sicily to 40,000 men , and sent out Demosthenes , their ablest general , it was defeated 42 PART I. OUTLINES ...
... fled to Sparta : a Spartan general , Gylippus , was despatched to Syracuse , and though the Athenians augmented their army in Sicily to 40,000 men , and sent out Demosthenes , their ablest general , it was defeated 42 PART I. OUTLINES ...
Page 47
... fled from those who had sunk to be the pensioners of Persia . A monarchical was the only form of supremacy suited to the present state of Greece , and Providence had provided such in a con- stitutional monarchy- that of Macedon . Jason ...
... fled from those who had sunk to be the pensioners of Persia . A monarchical was the only form of supremacy suited to the present state of Greece , and Providence had provided such in a con- stitutional monarchy- that of Macedon . Jason ...
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... fled to the north - eastern provinces of his kingdom , and Babylon and Susa fell into the hands of the conqueror . Persepolis and Ecbatana shared their fate . Meantime Darius was murdered by Bessus , governor of Bactria . According to ...
... fled to the north - eastern provinces of his kingdom , and Babylon and Susa fell into the hands of the conqueror . Persepolis and Ecbatana shared their fate . Meantime Darius was murdered by Bessus , governor of Bactria . According to ...
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