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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 51
Página 30
... foon put to flight , the Grecian infantry in Darius's fervice excepted . This body of foot retiring to a hill , demanded a promife from Alexander to let them march away unmolested ; but following the dictates of his wra h , rather than ...
... foon put to flight , the Grecian infantry in Darius's fervice excepted . This body of foot retiring to a hill , demanded a promife from Alexander to let them march away unmolested ; but following the dictates of his wra h , rather than ...
Página 41
... foon arrive . Alexander bewailed perpetually his hard fate , in being thus expofed naked and defenceless to his enemy , and robbed of so noble a victory , fince he was now reduced to the melancholy con- dition of dying obfcurely in his ...
... foon arrive . Alexander bewailed perpetually his hard fate , in being thus expofed naked and defenceless to his enemy , and robbed of so noble a victory , fince he was now reduced to the melancholy con- dition of dying obfcurely in his ...
Página 43
... foon prevailed , and re- moved all his doubts . Upon this , he folded up the letter , and put it under his bolfter , without acquainting any one with the contents of it . 66 The day being come , Philip enters the tent with his medicine ...
... foon prevailed , and re- moved all his doubts . Upon this , he folded up the letter , and put it under his bolfter , without acquainting any one with the contents of it . 66 The day being come , Philip enters the tent with his medicine ...
Página 47
... foon punish you for de- fpifing it . * As for you , Darius , in whom fove- . reign power has wrought fo fudden a change , you " will teach pofterity , that when once men abandon " themselves to the delufion of fortune , fhe erases from ...
... foon punish you for de- fpifing it . * As for you , Darius , in whom fove- . reign power has wrought fo fudden a change , you " will teach pofterity , that when once men abandon " themselves to the delufion of fortune , fhe erases from ...
Página 53
... foon an eye - witnefs to the truth of it , upon which he began to think seriously of preparing for battle . Alexander fearing , as the Barbarians were fo nu- . merous , that they would attack him in his camp , for- tified it with ...
... foon an eye - witnefs to the truth of it , upon which he began to think seriously of preparing for battle . Alexander fearing , as the Barbarians were fo nu- . merous , that they would attack him in his camp , for- tified it with ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Afia afterwards againſt Alex Alexander Alexander's alfo ander anfwer Antipater arms Arrian arrived Babylon Bagoas Barbarians battle becauſe befieged cafe caufed chariots Cilicia Clitus commanded conquefts conquered conqueror Craterus croffed CURT Darius Darius's death defign defire difcover Ecbatana empire enemy expofed facrifices faid fame fays fecure feemed feifed fenfible fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhould fhow fide fiege firft firſt foldiers fome foon fovereign ftill ftones fubdued fubjects fuch fuffer furrounded glory greateſt Greece Greeks Harpalus himſelf honour horfe horſe hundred inftant king laft laſt leaft loft Macedon Macedonians manner moft monarch moſt Nearchus nevertheleſs obferved occafion paffed Parmenio Perfians perfon Philotas pleaſure Plut Plutarch poffeffed poffible Porus prefent prince prodigious purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft river Scythians Sogdiana Spitamenes thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand troops Tyre uſed utmoſt victory whofe whole army
Pasajes populares
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.