The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 5Pub. and sold by Etheridge and Bliss, 1808 |
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... fire . Cicero , who ascribes this saying to Timeus , declares it a very smart one , at which I am very much surprised . Possibly the fond- ness he had for jokes , made him not very delicate in things of this kind . " One Herostratus had ...
... fire . Cicero , who ascribes this saying to Timeus , declares it a very smart one , at which I am very much surprised . Possibly the fond- ness he had for jokes , made him not very delicate in things of this kind . " One Herostratus had ...
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... fire was cooled , that he was no longer so furious and violent , and wanted only to move forward , he gave him the rein , and spurring him with great vigor , animated him with his voice to his full speed . While this was doing , Philip ...
... fire was cooled , that he was no longer so furious and violent , and wanted only to move forward , he gave him the rein , and spurring him with great vigor , animated him with his voice to his full speed . While this was doing , Philip ...
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... fire ; but the ruin of Thebes , which was still more sudden , threw them into the utmost consternation . They therefore had recourse to entreaties , and sent a deputation to Alexander , to implore his clemency . Demosthenes was among ...
... fire ; but the ruin of Thebes , which was still more sudden , threw them into the utmost consternation . They therefore had recourse to entreaties , and sent a deputation to Alexander , to implore his clemency . Demosthenes was among ...
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... fire , by the frequent vigorous sallies of the besieged . After beat- ing down part of a wall with their battering rams , they were astonished to see a new one behind it ; which was so sudden , that it seemed to rise out of the ground ...
... fire , by the frequent vigorous sallies of the besieged . After beat- ing down part of a wall with their battering rams , they were astonished to see a new one behind it ; which was so sudden , that it seemed to rise out of the ground ...
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... fire to that place , to prevent his plundering the great riches of so flourishing a city . But Parmenio , whom the king had sent thither with a detachment of horse , arrived very seasonably to stop the progress of the fire , and marched ...
... fire to that place , to prevent his plundering the great riches of so flourishing a city . But Parmenio , whom the king had sent thither with a detachment of horse , arrived very seasonably to stop the progress of the fire , and marched ...
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Page 131 - And as I was considering, behold, an hegoat came from the west, on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Page 290 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 348 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 291 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.
Page 206 - Drangae, the Arachosii, and several other nations, into which his army marched with greater speed than people generally travel. He frequently would pursue an enemy for whole days and nights together, almost without suffering his troops to take any rest. By this prodigious rapidity, he came unawares upon nations, who thought him at a great distance, and subdued them before they had time to put themselves in a posture of defence.
Page 131 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore the he goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Page 130 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns : and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 35 - He himself led on the right wing into the river, followed by the rest of the troops ; the trumpets sounding, and the whole army raising cries of joy. The Persians seeing this detachment advance...
Page 348 - This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Page 20 - ... and who were so much the greater objects of compassion, as they had been no ways concerned in the revolt. He concluded with reminding Alexander, that Thebes, which had given birth to so many gods and heroes, several of whom were that king's ancestors, had also been the seat of his father Philip's rising glory, and like a second native country to him.