The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Հատոր 3W. J. & J. Richardson, 1804 |
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... lives of most men are attended , and which render them so painful and unhappy ; endeavouring at the same time to make him sensible of the duty and obligation of princes , who , not being able to prolong the natural life of their sub ...
... lives of most men are attended , and which render them so painful and unhappy ; endeavouring at the same time to make him sensible of the duty and obligation of princes , who , not being able to prolong the natural life of their sub ...
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... lives then of this heroick leader and his brave troop were not thrown away , but use- fully employed ; and their death was attended with a double effect , more great and lasting than they themselves had imagined . On one hand , it was ...
... lives then of this heroick leader and his brave troop were not thrown away , but use- fully employed ; and their death was attended with a double effect , more great and lasting than they themselves had imagined . On one hand , it was ...
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... lives for no other end than to maintain your liberty : Or , if you cannot possibly do that , at least do the Persians all the mischief you can , when we are en- gaged with them , and put their army into disorder and confusion . By this ...
... lives for no other end than to maintain your liberty : Or , if you cannot possibly do that , at least do the Persians all the mischief you can , when we are en- gaged with them , and put their army into disorder and confusion . By this ...
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... live upon herbs , and even upon the bark and leaves of trees . This occasioned a great sickness in the army ; and great numbers died of fluxes and the plague . 6 The king , through eagerness and impatience to make his escape , left his ...
... live upon herbs , and even upon the bark and leaves of trees . This occasioned a great sickness in the army ; and great numbers died of fluxes and the plague . 6 The king , through eagerness and impatience to make his escape , left his ...
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... live according to their own laws and customs , and to give them the government and command of all Greece . Alexan- der , as their ancient friend , exhorted them in his own name to lay hold on so favourable an oppor- tunity for re ...
... live according to their own laws and customs , and to give them the government and command of all Greece . Alexan- der , as their ancient friend , exhorted them in his own name to lay hold on so favourable an oppor- tunity for re ...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Հատոր 3 Charles Rollin Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1804 |
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Էջ 138 - 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 138 - 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 137 - 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 prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Էջ 18 - Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. He appointed workmen more able and expert than the former, who went about it in this manner. They placed three hundred and sixty vessels across, some of them having three banks of oars, and others fifty oars apiece, with their sides turned towards the Euxine sea; and on the side that faced the ^Egean sea they put three hundred and fourteen.
Էջ 66 - The whole day passed in this manner without their coming to action. In the evening the Grecians held a council of war, in which it was resolved, that they should decamp from the place they were in, and march to another, more conveniently situated for water. Night being...
Էջ 483 - ... says Plutarch, more passionately, than to conquer Cyrus himself, or to preserve the sovereignty of his estates. Those ten thousand men, however, notwithstanding so many obstacles, carried their point, and arrived, through a thousand dangers, victorious and triumphant in their own country.
Էջ 138 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Էջ 443 - Clearchus, who comn anded them, had occasion for all his address and ability to stifle this commotion in its birth. At first he made use of authority and force, but with very ill success, and desisted therefore from...
Էջ 359 - ... of my old age. I cannot, indeed, forbear admiring their courage and felicity, in sacrificing to their country's welfare a life, of which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature : but then I cannot but be strongly affected...
Էջ 343 - All these gallies were richly trimmed; their prows being adorned with shining streamers, manned with stout rowers, commanded by good officers, and echoing with the sound of clarions and trumpets; Demosthenes having affected an air of pomp and triumph, purposely to strike terror into the enemy. This gallant sight alarmed them indeed beyond expression. They did not see any end, or even the least suspension of their calamities: All they had hitherto done or suffered was as nothing, and their work was...