The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... fleet and army , to chastise the insolent teme- rity , as he termed it , and likewise to reduce them to his obedience . The Rhodians , who foresaw the impending storm , had sent to all the princes their allies , and to Ptolemy in parti ...
... fleet and army , to chastise the insolent teme- rity , as he termed it , and likewise to reduce them to his obedience . The Rhodians , who foresaw the impending storm , had sent to all the princes their allies , and to Ptolemy in parti ...
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... fleet of suttlers and merchants , who supplied the ene- my with provisions : they sank a great number of their ves- sels , burnt several , and carried into the city such of the pri- soners as were in a condition to pay their ransom ...
... fleet of suttlers and merchants , who supplied the ene- my with provisions : they sank a great number of their ves- sels , burnt several , and carried into the city such of the pri- soners as were in a condition to pay their ransom ...
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... fleet as formidable as the former , and steered , with a fair wind , di- rectly for the port , which he was most anxious to gain , as he conceived it impracticable to reduce the place till he had first made himself master of that . Upon ...
... fleet as formidable as the former , and steered , with a fair wind , di- rectly for the port , which he was most anxious to gain , as he conceived it impracticable to reduce the place till he had first made himself master of that . Upon ...
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... fleet ; and , dan- gerous as it was to attack them in that situation , the Rhodi- ans , through a blind and a precipitate ardour , had the cou- rage to attempt it . But , as the inequality was too great to admit them to come off with ...
... fleet ; and , dan- gerous as it was to attack them in that situation , the Rhodi- ans , through a blind and a precipitate ardour , had the cou- rage to attempt it . But , as the inequality was too great to admit them to come off with ...
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... fleets sailed into the port ; one was sent by Cassander , with 100,000 bushels of barley , the other came from Lysimachus with 400,000 bushels of wheat , and as much barley . This seasonable and abundant supply , which was received when ...
... fleets sailed into the port ; one was sent by Cassander , with 100,000 bushels of barley , the other came from Lysimachus with 400,000 bushels of wheat , and as much barley . This seasonable and abundant supply , which was received when ...
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Page 117 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together ; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement : but she shall not retain the power of the arm ; neither shall he stand, nor his arm : but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Page 110 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Page 119 - And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
Page 110 - And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Page 110 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Page 126 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.