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... prince . He loses a great battle . Lucullus takes Tigranocerta , the capital of Armenia . He gains a second victory ... prince's character . Pompey's expeditions into Ara- bia and Judea , where he takes Jerusalem . After having reduced ...
... prince . He loses a great battle . Lucullus takes Tigranocerta , the capital of Armenia . He gains a second victory ... prince's character . Pompey's expeditions into Ara- bia and Judea , where he takes Jerusalem . After having reduced ...
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... prince was ever more successful in that point , nor longer enjoyed the fruits of his wisdom and prudence . During more than fifty years that he lived after being elected king , whilst all things were in flames around him , occasioned by ...
... prince was ever more successful in that point , nor longer enjoyed the fruits of his wisdom and prudence . During more than fifty years that he lived after being elected king , whilst all things were in flames around him , occasioned by ...
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... prince's revenue , consisted in corn . He therefore believed it of the highest con- sequence , and what demanded his utmost care and application , to establish good order in that traffic , to render the condition of the husbandmen , of ...
... prince's revenue , consisted in corn . He therefore believed it of the highest con- sequence , and what demanded his utmost care and application , to establish good order in that traffic , to render the condition of the husbandmen , of ...
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... prince , whose name alone was always dear to them , and rendered those laws ex- ceedingly venerable . I have observed , that in Sicily the prince's princi- pal revenue consisted in corn ; the tenth being paid him . It was therefore his ...
... prince , whose name alone was always dear to them , and rendered those laws ex- ceedingly venerable . I have observed , that in Sicily the prince's princi- pal revenue consisted in corn ; the tenth being paid him . It was therefore his ...
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... prince , and ought to make us ex- ceedingly regret the want of a more particular in- formation concerning his actions . m The sum of an hundred talents , ( an hundred thousand crowns ) which he sent to the Rhodians , and the presents he ...
... prince , and ought to make us ex- ceedingly regret the want of a more particular in- formation concerning his actions . m The sum of an hundred talents , ( an hundred thousand crowns ) which he sent to the Rhodians , and the presents he ...
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Page 229 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 219 - ... window, from whence she threw down chains and cords. Antony was made fast to these, and Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her into the tomb, drew him up.
Page 59 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh, a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey...
Page 54 - Marcellus, may be a lasting and eternal monument of the valour and clemency of him who took and preserved it. It is unjust that the remembrance of Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero ; but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus have fallen solely upon his own head.
Page 229 - Suspended from the front of the rude pulpit were two broad sheets of canvas, upon one of which was the figure of a man, the head of gold, the breast and arms of silver, the belly of brass, the legs of iron, and feet of clay — the dream of Nebuchadnezzar.
Page 118 - Asia, and was honoured by the people almost with adoration. His pride was inflamed and supported by the immense riches he possessed, by the excessive and continual praises of his flatterers, and by a prosperity which had never known an interruption. He knew no law but his own will, and assumed the title of king of kings! So far did he carry his pride as to be waited on by crowned heads.
Page 124 - After this he drew out his forces in a hasty and disorderly manner, taking himself the command of the main body, and giving the left wing to the king of the Adiabenians, and the right to the king of the Medes. Before this right wing were placed most of the cavalry that were armed in steel.
Page 313 - Fifty years elapsed between the end of the second and the beginning of the third Punic war.