The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Հատոր 2Silas Andrus, bookseller. Hart & Lincoln, printers, Middletown., 1815 |
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... affairs he was the only person capable of commanding , did for that rea- son make no scruple of employing bribes and presents to remove his com- petitor and having found means to make the ambition of Epicy des amends , by gratifying his ...
... affairs he was the only person capable of commanding , did for that rea- son make no scruple of employing bribes and presents to remove his com- petitor and having found means to make the ambition of Epicy des amends , by gratifying his ...
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... affairs than the Persians ; alledging , that the loss of a battle at sea would be attended with the ruin of their land army ; whereas , by protracting the war , and approaching Peloponnesus , they would create jealousies and divisions ...
... affairs than the Persians ; alledging , that the loss of a battle at sea would be attended with the ruin of their land army ; whereas , by protracting the war , and approaching Peloponnesus , they would create jealousies and divisions ...
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... affairs were under consideration and debate , no person could show more courage and intrepidity than this prince : he is surprised , and even offended , if any one foresees the least difficulty in the execution of his projects , or ...
... affairs were under consideration and debate , no person could show more courage and intrepidity than this prince : he is surprised , and even offended , if any one foresees the least difficulty in the execution of his projects , or ...
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... affairs . As the territory belonging to Athens was of a barren nature and small extent , he rightly conceived , that the only way that city had to enrich and aggrandize herself was by sea . And indeed that scheme may justly be looked ...
... affairs . As the territory belonging to Athens was of a barren nature and small extent , he rightly conceived , that the only way that city had to enrich and aggrandize herself was by sea . And indeed that scheme may justly be looked ...
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... affairs , alledging , that they were not in a condition to withstand a power so formidable as that of the Persians , and so much superior to that of Greece . On the first intelligence of this embassy , the Spartans also on their side ...
... affairs , alledging , that they were not in a condition to withstand a power so formidable as that of the Persians , and so much superior to that of Greece . On the first intelligence of this embassy , the Spartans also on their side ...
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abandoned admiration affairs afterwards Agesil Agesilaus Alcibiades allies amongst arms army arrived Artaxerxes assembly Athenians Athens attack barbarians battle besieged body called carried Carthaginians Cimon citadel citizens command conduct courage Cyrus death declared decree desire Diod Dion Dion's Dionysius discourse endeavoured enemy Epaminondas expence favour fleet force friends galleys gave give glory gods greatest Grecian Greece Greeks honour horse inhabitants judges justice kind king Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lysander manner master merit never Nicias obliged observed occasion officers opinion orators passed peace Pelopidas Peloponnesus Pericles Persians person Pharnabasus Plato Plut Plutarch present prince regard reign render republic rest retired says sent ships Sicily side Socrates soldiers soon Sparta suffer Syracusans Syracuse Thebans Thebes Themistocles thing thither thought Thucyd Timoleon tion Tissaphernes took treated troops tyrant utmost valour vessels victory virtue whilst whole Xenoph Xenophon Xerxes
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Էջ 84 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Էջ 84 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Էջ 84 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Էջ 489 - He possessed all the ornaments of the mind : he had the talent of speaking in perfection, and was well versed in the most sublime sciences. But a modest reserve threw a veil over all those excellent qualities, which still augmented their value, and he knew not what it was to be ostentatious of them.
Էջ 309 - Socrates mihi videtur, id quod constat inter omnes, primus a rebus occultis et ab ipsa natura involutis, in quibus omnes ante eum philosophi occupati fuerunt, avocavisse philosophiam et ad vitam communem adduxisse, ut de virtutibus et...
Էջ 333 - Presently after, they entered, and found Socrates, whose chains had been taken off,' sitting by Xantippe his wife, who held one of his children in her arms. As soon as she perceived them, setting up great cries, sobbing, and tearing her face and hair, she made the prison resound with her complaints,
Էջ 331 - ... their lives or liberty : ought there to be any thing more dear and precious to them, than the preservation of Socrates ? Even strangers themselves dispute that honour with them, many of whom have come expressly, with considerable sums of money, to purchase...
Էջ 161 - Alcibiades had abandoned himself. Alcibiades, in those moments when he listened to Socrates, differed so much from himself, that he appeared quite another man. However, his headstrong, fiery temper, and his natural fondness for pleasure, which was heightened and inflamed by the...
Էջ 325 - ... voice but his own in his defence, and to appear before his judges in the submissive posture of a suppliant, he did not behave in that manner out of pride, or contempt of the tribunal ; it was from a noble and intrepid assurance, resulting from greatness of soul, and the...
Էջ 337 - he formed our youth, and taught our children to love their country, and to honour their parents. In this place he gave us his admirable lessons, and sometimes made us seasonable reproaches, to engage us more warmly in the pursuit of virtue.