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... vessel of war . ] - Literally in a long vessel . - The long vessels were vessels of war , the round vessels , mer- chantmen and transports . - T . serving of regard : it being obvious , that all the females thus circumstanced must have ...
... vessel of war . ] - Literally in a long vessel . - The long vessels were vessels of war , the round vessels , mer- chantmen and transports . - T . serving of regard : it being obvious , that all the females thus circumstanced must have ...
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... vessel , capable of containing three hundred amphora , and ornamented round the brim with the figures of various animals . This , however , never reached Sardis ; the occasion of which is thus differently explained . The Lacedæmon- ians ...
... vessel , capable of containing three hundred amphora , and ornamented round the brim with the figures of various animals . This , however , never reached Sardis ; the occasion of which is thus differently explained . The Lacedæmon- ians ...
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... vessels for the purpose of trans- their approbation of his integrity , made him planting their property and their goods , they their judge . In this situation , having one removed in search of another residence . After more elevated in ...
... vessels for the purpose of trans- their approbation of his integrity , made him planting their property and their goods , they their judge . In this situation , having one removed in search of another residence . After more elevated in ...
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... vessels were not round but of fifty oars . On their touching at Tartessus , ' they conciliated the favour of ... vessels to oppose them . The Phocæans on their part were not inactive ; they also fitted out sixty vessels , and advanced to ...
... vessels were not round but of fifty oars . On their touching at Tartessus , ' they conciliated the favour of ... vessels to oppose them . The Phocæans on their part were not inactive ; they also fitted out sixty vessels , and advanced to ...
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... vessels , and the twenty Teians of Abdera as a hero . which remained were unfit for all service . Re- turning , therefore , to Alalia , they got together their families and effects , loaded their ships with all that they could carry ...
... vessels , and the twenty Teians of Abdera as a hero . which remained were unfit for all service . Re- turning , therefore , to Alalia , they got together their families and effects , loaded their ships with all that they could carry ...
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Page 242 - 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.
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