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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... fent from Theffaly to Philip a war - horse , a noble , ftrong , fiery , generous beaft , called + Bucephalus . The owner would fell him for thirteen talents , about 1900l . fterling . The king went into the plains , attended by his ...
... fent from Theffaly to Philip a war - horse , a noble , ftrong , fiery , generous beaft , called + Bucephalus . The owner would fell him for thirteen talents , about 1900l . fterling . The king went into the plains , attended by his ...
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... fent home again , his father gave him leave to try what he could do . The young prince , overjoyed at this permiffion , goes up to Bucephalus , takes hold of the bridle , and turns his head to the fun ; having obferved that the thing ...
... fent home again , his father gave him leave to try what he could do . The young prince , overjoyed at this permiffion , goes up to Bucephalus , takes hold of the bridle , and turns his head to the fun ; having obferved that the thing ...
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... fent all Demofthenes's letters to that prince . But Alexander faw through all his artifices , and thereupon or- dered Hecatæus , one of his commanders , whom he had fent into Afia for that purpofe , to have him affaflinated , which was ...
... fent all Demofthenes's letters to that prince . But Alexander faw through all his artifices , and thereupon or- dered Hecatæus , one of his commanders , whom he had fent into Afia for that purpofe , to have him affaflinated , which was ...
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... fent a deputation to Alex- ander , to implore his clemency . Demofthenes was among them ; but he was no fooner arrived at mount Cytheron , than dreading the anger of that prince , he quitted the embaffy , and returned home ...
... fent a deputation to Alex- ander , to implore his clemency . Demofthenes was among them ; but he was no fooner arrived at mount Cytheron , than dreading the anger of that prince , he quitted the embaffy , and returned home ...
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... fent them to work as flaves in Macedonia , for having fought under the Barbarian ftandards against their country , contrary to the exprefs prohibition made by Greece upon that head . Alexander made it his duty and pleasure to share the ...
... fent them to work as flaves in Macedonia , for having fought under the Barbarian ftandards against their country , contrary to the exprefs prohibition made by Greece upon that head . Alexander made it his duty and pleasure to share the ...
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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.