The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volumen1H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... Aristomenes ; a young man distinguished by every mental and personal quality that can exalt the character of a hero , and who had the advantage of de- ducing his descent from Hercules , through a long line of Messenian kings . The ...
... Aristomenes ; a young man distinguished by every mental and personal quality that can exalt the character of a hero , and who had the advantage of de- ducing his descent from Hercules , through a long line of Messenian kings . The ...
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... Aristomenes declined the invidious honours of royalty , but accepted the office of com- mander in chief , with the appellation of general ; which , in that age , implied a superiority in military prowess , as well as in rank , and in ...
... Aristomenes declined the invidious honours of royalty , but accepted the office of com- mander in chief , with the appellation of general ; which , in that age , implied a superiority in military prowess , as well as in rank , and in ...
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... Aristomenes , after having garrisoned the sea - ports of Pylus and Methone , had collected into one body , all the Messenians able to bear arms . And that formidable army of native troops was reinforced with succours , not only from ...
... Aristomenes , after having garrisoned the sea - ports of Pylus and Methone , had collected into one body , all the Messenians able to bear arms . And that formidable army of native troops was reinforced with succours , not only from ...
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... Aristomenes , at the head of a chosen band of Messenian youths , attacked the principal division of the Spartan army , commanded by the king in person , and broke it or cut it in pieces . He afterward attacked a second , and even a ...
... Aristomenes , at the head of a chosen band of Messenian youths , attacked the principal division of the Spartan army , commanded by the king in person , and broke it or cut it in pieces . He afterward attacked a second , and even a ...
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... Aristomenes bravely advanced to meet the formidable enemy . M ... The Spartan troops did not seem to decline the combat . But instead of that gay courage with which they were wont to be animated on the approach of battle , the memory of ...
... Aristomenes bravely advanced to meet the formidable enemy . M ... The Spartan troops did not seem to decline the combat . But instead of that gay courage with which they were wont to be animated on the approach of battle , the memory of ...
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Página 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 400 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 130 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Página 130 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Página 400 - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together; the floods stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Página 129 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Página 402 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Página 402 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Página 400 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Página 400 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.