The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Tom 2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... walls of the city were thrown down " . Such of the inhabi- tants as escaped in the general massacre , were carried captive to Babylon " : and Jerusalem , reduced to a heap of ruins , was left utterly desolate113 . From the calamities ...
... walls of the city were thrown down " . Such of the inhabi- tants as escaped in the general massacre , were carried captive to Babylon " : and Jerusalem , reduced to a heap of ruins , was left utterly desolate113 . From the calamities ...
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... walls of Babylon , therefore laid aside all thoughts of the immediate reduction of that city ; and having , after his return to Ecbatana , married the daughter and only child of Cyaxares , he employed himself for several years in ...
... walls of Babylon , therefore laid aside all thoughts of the immediate reduction of that city ; and having , after his return to Ecbatana , married the daughter and only child of Cyaxares , he employed himself for several years in ...
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... walls . He was again defeated , and Sardis was taken the following night , through the treachery of a Persian slave , in the Lydian service 204 . The generous conqueror , however , saved the city from pillage , and spared the lives of ...
... walls . He was again defeated , and Sardis was taken the following night , through the treachery of a Persian slave , in the Lydian service 204 . The generous conqueror , however , saved the city from pillage , and spared the lives of ...
Strona 53
... walls to the besiegers . And , after settling unsuccessfully in different places , the most resolute of the fugitive adventurers sailed to the southern coast of Gaul , where they founded the city of Massilia ; which became , as we shall ...
... walls to the besiegers . And , after settling unsuccessfully in different places , the most resolute of the fugitive adventurers sailed to the southern coast of Gaul , where they founded the city of Massilia ; which became , as we shall ...
Strona 54
... walls ; and having shut up their wives , children , and all their riches in the ci- tadel , they set fire to the place ; then rushing out upon the enemy , they renewed the combat , and fought to the last man , with their swords in their ...
... walls ; and having shut up their wives , children , and all their riches in the ci- tadel , they set fire to the place ; then rushing out upon the enemy , they renewed the combat , and fought to the last man , with their swords in their ...
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