The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen6G.G. and J. Robinson; W. Richardson and Company; H. Gardner; W. Otridge and Son; R. Baldwin ... [and 16 others]. By Darton and Harvey, 1800 |
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... Philip , afcends the throne at twenty years of age . He fub- jetts and reduces the nations contiguous to Macedon who had revolted . He goes into Greece to diffolve the alliance formed againft him . He poffeffes himself of and deftroys ...
... Philip , afcends the throne at twenty years of age . He fub- jetts and reduces the nations contiguous to Macedon who had revolted . He goes into Greece to diffolve the alliance formed againft him . He poffeffes himself of and deftroys ...
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... Philip , like a fophift , valued himself upon his eloquence and the beauty of his ftile ; and had the vanity to have engraved on his coins the feveral victories he had won at the Olympick games in the chariot - race . But it was not to ...
... Philip , like a fophift , valued himself upon his eloquence and the beauty of his ftile ; and had the vanity to have engraved on his coins the feveral victories he had won at the Olympick games in the chariot - race . But it was not to ...
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... Philip's abfence , Alex- ander gave them . fo kind and fo polite a reception , and regaled them in fo noble and generous a manner , as charmed them all ; but that which moft furprifed them was , the good fenfe and judgment he difcovered ...
... Philip's abfence , Alex- ander gave them . fo kind and fo polite a reception , and regaled them in fo noble and generous a manner , as charmed them all ; but that which moft furprifed them was , the good fenfe and judgment he difcovered ...
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... Philip to choose him a mafter of fo confpicuous a reputation and merit was , as he himself tells us , that his fon might avoid commit- ting a great many faults , of which he himself had been guilty . Philip was fenfible , how great a ...
... Philip to choose him a mafter of fo confpicuous a reputation and merit was , as he himself tells us , that his fon might avoid commit- ting a great many faults , of which he himself had been guilty . Philip was fenfible , how great a ...
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... Philip accordingly , notwithstanding his double authority of king and father , believed it neceffary to employ per- suasion rather than force with respect to his fon , and endeavoured to make himself beloved rather than feared by him ...
... Philip accordingly , notwithstanding his double authority of king and father , believed it neceffary to employ per- suasion rather than force with respect to his fon , and endeavoured to make himself beloved rather than feared by him ...
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Página 103 - And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Página 103 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Página 103 - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Página 186 - To our friends we give corn, which we procure by the labour of our oxen ; with them we offer wine to the gods in our cup ; and with regard to our enemies, we combat them at a distance with our arrows, and near at hand with our javelins.
Página 229 - ... part of his foot, did not behave like the great Darius, who, in a like disaster, was the first that fled ; on the contrary, he continued in the field, as long as one battalion or squadron stood their ground ; but at last, having received a wound in the shoulder, he retired upon his elephant ; and was easily distinguished from the rest by the greatness of his...
Página 83 - The courage of the combatants increased with the danger; and each side, animated by the most powerful motives, fought like lions. Wherever the battering-rams had beat down any part of the wall, and the bridges were thrown out, instantly the Argyraspides mounted the breach with the utmost valour, being headed by Admetus, one of the bravest officers in the army, who was killed by the thrust of a partisan * as he was encouraging his soldiers.
Página 91 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Página 103 - And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Página 103 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns ; and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Página 186 - And that thou mayest be sensible what kind of people the Scythians are, know, that we received from heaven, as a rich present, a yoke of oxen, a ploughshare, a dart, a javelin, and a cup.