The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Tom 3Pub. and sold by Etheridge and Bliss, 1808 |
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Strona 14
... thought proper to assemble his council , and take the advice of all the greatest and most illustrious persons of his court . He laid before them the design he had of making war against Greece , and acquainted them with his motives ...
... thought proper to assemble his council , and take the advice of all the greatest and most illustrious persons of his court . He laid before them the design he had of making war against Greece , and acquainted them with his motives ...
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... thought of making war against the Scythians , I used all my endeavours to divert him from it . I need not tell you what that enterprise cost , or what was the suc- cess of it . The people you are going to attack are infi- nitely more ...
... thought of making war against the Scythians , I used all my endeavours to divert him from it . I need not tell you what that enterprise cost , or what was the suc- cess of it . The people you are going to attack are infi- nitely more ...
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... thought is in Hesiod , Opera et Dies , v . 293 ; Cic . pro Cluent . n . 84 , et Tit . Liv . I. xxii . n . 19. Sæpe ego audivi , milites , eum primum esse virum , qui ipse consulat quid in rem sit ; secundum eum , qui bene monenti ...
... thought is in Hesiod , Opera et Dies , v . 293 ; Cic . pro Cluent . n . 84 , et Tit . Liv . I. xxii . n . 19. Sæpe ego audivi , milites , eum primum esse virum , qui ipse consulat quid in rem sit ; secundum eum , qui bene monenti ...
Strona 29
... and affliction , had he turned his thoughts upon himself , and considered the Herod . 1. vii , c . 30—32 . f Ibid . c . 44 et 46 . reproaches he deserved for being the instrument of shortening that PERSIANS AND GRECIANS . 29.
... and affliction , had he turned his thoughts upon himself , and considered the Herod . 1. vii , c . 30—32 . f Ibid . c . 44 et 46 . reproaches he deserved for being the instrument of shortening that PERSIANS AND GRECIANS . 29.
Strona 38
... thought the Grecians would dare to expect him . I have already taken notice , that this Demaratus was one of the two kings of Sparta , who , being exiled by the faction of his enemies , had taken refuge at the Persian court , where he ...
... thought the Grecians would dare to expect him . I have already taken notice , that this Demaratus was one of the two kings of Sparta , who , being exiled by the faction of his enemies , had taken refuge at the Persian court , where he ...
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Strona 171 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Strona 170 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Strona 170 - Messiah be cut off, but not for himself : and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a floXxl, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Strona 111 - Themistocles taking him aside, told him that the design he had conceived, was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states which then lay in a neighbouring port, when Athens would assuredly become mistress of all Greece.
Strona 32 - Thus having given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and the beasts of burthen.
Strona 432 - I am less sensible of my private affliction than of the honor of my country ; and I see it exposed to eternal infamy by the barbarous advice which is now given you. The Athenians, indeed, merit the worst treatment, and every kind of punishment that can be inflicted on them, for so unjustly declaring war against us ; but have not the gods, the just avengers of crimes, punished them, and...
Strona 432 - At that instant a an ancient man, venerable for his great age and gravity, who, in this war, had lost two sons, the only heirs to his name and estate, made his servants carry him to the tribunal for harangues ; and the instant he appeared a profound silence was made.
Strona 33 - ... they laid the trunks of trees, cut purposely for that use, and flat boats again over them, fastened and joined together, to serve as a kind of floor Or solid bottom : all which they covered over with earth, and added rails or battlements on each side, that the horses and cattle might not be frightened with seeing the sea in their passage.
Strona 542 - Upon this advice, the king rallied his troops, and marched in quest of the enemy; and Clearchus, being returned from pursuing the Persians, advanced to support the camp. The two armies were soon very near each other, when, by a movement made by the king, he seemed to intend to charge the Greeks by their left, who fearing to be surrounded on all sides, wheeled about, and halted with the river on their backs, to prevent their being taken in the rear.
Strona 528 - At the same time, several cities in the province of Tissaphernes revolted from their obedience in favour of Cyrus. This incident, which was not an effect of chance, but of the secret practices of that prince, gave birth to a war between the two brothers.