The History of the World: In Five Books. Viz. Treating of the Beginning and First Ages of Same from the Creation Unto Abraham. Of the Birth of Abraham to the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Time of Philip of Macedon. From the Reign of Philip of Macedon to the Establishing of that Kingdom in the Race of Antigonus. From Settled Rule of Alexander's Successors in the East Until the Romans (prevailing Over All) Made Conquest of Asia and Macedon, Volumen5Archibald Constable and Company and sold, 1820 - 546 páginas |
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... elephants , under the command of Hanno , who ar rives with it at Heraclea , to the west of Agrigentum . Hanno puts himself into the field , and surpriseth Erbesus , a city wherein the Romans had bestowed all their provisions . By means ...
... elephants , under the command of Hanno , who ar rives with it at Heraclea , to the west of Agrigentum . Hanno puts himself into the field , and surpriseth Erbesus , a city wherein the Romans had bestowed all their provisions . By means ...
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... elephants being disordered by his own vantguard , which was broken by the Ro- mans , he lost the day , and with such as escaped he recovered Heraclea . Hannibal perceived this , and remaining hopeless of succour , resolved to make his ...
... elephants being disordered by his own vantguard , which was broken by the Ro- mans , he lost the day , and with such as escaped he recovered Heraclea . Hannibal perceived this , and remaining hopeless of succour , resolved to make his ...
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... elephants and of their horsemen . This disadvantage of theirs Regulus discovers , and makes use of it . He assails them in their strength , which they defend a- while ; but in fine the Romans prevail , and force them from the place ...
... elephants and of their horsemen . This disadvantage of theirs Regulus discovers , and makes use of it . He assails them in their strength , which they defend a- while ; but in fine the Romans prevail , and force them from the place ...
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... elephants . No greater were the forces wherewith the Carthaginians fought for all that they had , -liberty , lives , goods , wives , and children ; which might well make it suspected , that the armies before spoken of were misnumbered ...
... elephants . No greater were the forces wherewith the Carthaginians fought for all that they had , -liberty , lives , goods , wives , and children ; which might well make it suspected , that the armies before spoken of were misnumbered ...
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... elephants , so were they so much the more exposed unto the violence of horse , wherein the ene- my did far exceed them . The elephants were placed by Xantippus all in one rank , before his army , which followed them at a reasonable ...
... elephants , so were they so much the more exposed unto the violence of horse , wherein the ene- my did far exceed them . The elephants were placed by Xantippus all in one rank , before his army , which followed them at a reasonable ...
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Achæans Africa Agathocles Antigonus Aratus army Asdrubal battle beaten besieged better camp Campans Cannæ captains Capua Carthage Carthaginians cause citizens Cleomenes command consul danger defend Demetrius desire elephants embassadors enemies Etolians Fabius fear fell fight fleet forces fore friends Fulvius gallies Gauls gave ginians gotten Greece Hamilcar hand Hannibal Hanno haste hath Himilco honour hope hundred Illyrians Italy king Lacedæmonians Lælius land late legions less liberty Lilybæum Livy Macedon Macedonian Mago Marcellus Masinissa Matho Megaleas mercenaries nians Numidians pass peace Peloponnesus Philip Polybius prætor prince prisoners ready rest Rome Saguntum Scipio senate sent served shew ships Sicily siege slain soldiers Spain Spaniards Spendius spoil stood Syphax Syracusans Syracuse taken Tarentum thaginians thence ther things thither thought thousand foot thousand horse tion took town unto the Romans victory Wherefore wherein whereof whilst
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Página 108 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Página 107 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Página 118 - And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Página 57 - England, -without the help of her fleet, be able to debar an enemy from landing, I hold that it is unable so to do, and therefore I think it most dangerous to make the adventure; for the encouragement of a first victory to an enemy, and the discouragement of being beaten to the invaded, may draw after it a most perilous consequence.
Página 38 - Of the art of war by sea, I had written a treatise for the lord Henry, prince of Wales ; a subject to my knowledge never handled by any man, ancient or modern ; but God hath spared me the labour of finishing it by his loss ; by the loss of that brave prince, of which, like an eclipse of the sun, we shall find the effects hereafter. Impossible it is to equal words and sorrows, I will therefore leave him in the hands of God that hath him : Cur<B leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.
Página 183 - And yet did that worthy gentleman count Lodowick of Nassau, brother to the late famous prince of Orange, make the retreat at Moncontour with so great resolution, as he saved the one half of the protestant army, then broken and disbanded, of which myself was an eyewitness; and was one of them that had cause to thank him for it.
Página 37 - The guns of a slow ship pierce as well, and make as great holes, as those in a swift. To clap ships together without consideration, belongs rather to a madman than to a man of war...
Página 62 - ... lay on the rest for us, and won the place of them without any great loss. This I could have done with less danger, so that it should not have served for example of a rule that failed even in this example ; but the reasons before...
Página 438 - ... at his first setting out of Spain. These considerations and the like, of which fear presented many unto them, caused the people of Rome to wait upon their consuls out of the town, like a pensive train of mourners, thinking upon Marcellus and Crispinus, upon whom, in the like sort, they had given attendance the last year, but saw neither of them return alive from a less dangerous war. Particularly old Q,. Fabius gave his accustomed advice to M. Livius, that he should abstain from giving or taking...
Página 66 - ... this Rhodian made was not greatly hazardous. For in this age a valiant and judicious man of war will not fear to pass by the best appointed fort of Europe, with the help of a good tide and a leading gale of wind ; no, though forty pieces of great artillery open their mouths against him, and threaten to tear him in pieces.