The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians ... Translated from the French. [With Maps and a Portrait.], Volume 1J. M'Gowan, 1830 |
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... king of Babylon , appears still more visibly governed by a Providence , to which he himself is an entire stranger , but which presides over all his deliberations , and determines all his actions . ( 8 ) Being come at the head of his ...
... king of Babylon , appears still more visibly governed by a Providence , to which he himself is an entire stranger , but which presides over all his deliberations , and determines all his actions . ( 8 ) Being come at the head of his ...
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... kings . When the child was born , Lycurgus took him up in his arms , and cried out to the company that were present , Behold , my Lords of Sparta , this new - born child is your king : and at the same time he put the infant in the king's ...
... kings . When the child was born , Lycurgus took him up in his arms , and cried out to the company that were present , Behold , my Lords of Sparta , this new - born child is your king : and at the same time he put the infant in the king's ...
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... king . He there received a multitude of wounds , several of which were mortal . He fell , and seemed to have expired . Whereupon won- derful efforts of courage were exerted on both sides ; by the one , to carry off the king ; by the ...
... king . He there received a multitude of wounds , several of which were mortal . He fell , and seemed to have expired . Whereupon won- derful efforts of courage were exerted on both sides ; by the one , to carry off the king ; by the ...
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... king on his shoulders into the camp , that action indeed might serve to prove the strength of his body , but nothing further ; and the thing in dispute at this time , says he , is not strength , but valour . 66 66 The only thing ...
... king on his shoulders into the camp , that action indeed might serve to prove the strength of his body , but nothing further ; and the thing in dispute at this time , says he , is not strength , but valour . 66 66 The only thing ...
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... kings of Syria , having defeated Antiochus , the son of Seleucus , in a battle . He reigned twelve years . ( 7 ) He was succeeded by Attalus I. his cousin - german , who assumed the title of king , after he had conquered the Galatians ...
... kings of Syria , having defeated Antiochus , the son of Seleucus , in a battle . He reigned twelve years . ( 7 ) He was succeeded by Attalus I. his cousin - german , who assumed the title of king , after he had conquered the Galatians ...
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