 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,...  The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians ... - Page 542by Charles Rollin - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...compositor! without any mercy.—Id. A man does not lose his mother now in the papers.—/if. The Greeks, fearing to be surrounded on all sides, wheeled about and halted with the river on their backs.—GOLDSMITH. In an examination in the House of Commons in 181)9 a member said that " the witness... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1884 - 346 pages
...culture and education.—Blair. He is resolved of going to the Persian court.—Bentley. The Greeks- fearing to be surrounded on all sides, wheeled about and halted, with the river on their backs.—Goldsmith. He has a good record, 1 am told, and preaches to acceptance.— Bryant. I am from... | |
 | George Washington Moon - 1892 - 514 pages
...just as does Goldsmith's language when, in the following tautological sentence, he says, " The Greeks, fearing to be surrounded on all " sides, wheeled about and halted, with the river " on their backs." Talk of Baron Munchausen ! Why, here was an army of Munchausens. They " wheeled about and halted, with... | |
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