The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 2Collins and Company, 1820 - History, Ancient |
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... greatest dejection ; and being seized with the strongest ter- rors , upon recollecting their past sufferings , they fancied the enemy was already at their gates , and imagined to them- selves all the dismal consequences of a long siege ...
... greatest dejection ; and being seized with the strongest ter- rors , upon recollecting their past sufferings , they fancied the enemy was already at their gates , and imagined to them- selves all the dismal consequences of a long siege ...
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... greatest part of them being still alive and panting . In this toil , which lasted six days and as many nights , the soldiers were relieved from time to time by fresh ones , without which they would have been quite spent . Scipio was the ...
... greatest part of them being still alive and panting . In this toil , which lasted six days and as many nights , the soldiers were relieved from time to time by fresh ones , without which they would have been quite spent . Scipio was the ...
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... saw this famous city , which had been so flourishing 700 years , and might have been compared to the greatest empires , on account of the a Appian , p . 82 . extent of its dominions both by sea and land ; Part II . 21 CARTHAGINIANS .
... saw this famous city , which had been so flourishing 700 years , and might have been compared to the greatest empires , on account of the a Appian , p . 82 . extent of its dominions both by sea and land ; Part II . 21 CARTHAGINIANS .
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... greatest gratitude towards the gods ; and the citizens were for many days , employed wholly in solemn sacrifices , in public prayers , games , and spectacles . d After these religious duties were ended , the senate sent ten ...
... greatest gratitude towards the gods ; and the citizens were for many days , employed wholly in solemn sacrifices , in public prayers , games , and spectacles . d After these religious duties were ended , the senate sent ten ...
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... greatest felicity of his life , a Neque enim quisquam hoc Scipione elegantius intervalla negotiorum otio dispunxit : semperque aut belli aut pacis serviit artibus , semper inter arma ac studia versatus , aut corpus periculis , aut ...
... greatest felicity of his life , a Neque enim quisquam hoc Scipione elegantius intervalla negotiorum otio dispunxit : semperque aut belli aut pacis serviit artibus , semper inter arma ac studia versatus , aut corpus periculis , aut ...
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Æsop affairs afterwards amongst ancient Appian Aristagoras arms army Artaphernes Asia Assyrians Astyages Athenians Athens authority Babylon Babylonians battle body brought called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians caused chariots commanded courage Croesus Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus Cyrus's Darius death Democedes desired Egypt Egyptians empire enemy expedition father favour forces gave give gods gold Grecian Greece Herod Herodotus honour horse Ibid inhabitants Ionians Jugurtha king king's kingdom laws liberty likewise lived Lycurgus Magian magnificent manner marched Masinissa master means Medes ment nations never Nineveh obliged observed occasion officers palace Peloponnesus Persian empire Persians persons Pisistratus Plut Plutarch Polybius prince provinces reason reign rendered riches river Romans Rome Sardis says Scipio Scripture Scythians SECT sent siege Smerdis Solon Sparta speak subjects temple thing thou thought throne tion took troops victory whole Xenophon
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Page 163 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Page 141 - 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 142 - The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand...
Page 142 - And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I, the Lord, Which call thee by thy name, Am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, And Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Page 148 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Page 70 - He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit...
Page 71 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 141 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 71 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 141 - Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.