The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... give them a proof of that disposition ; and , accordingly presented them with all the machines of war he had employed in that siege . These they afterwards sold for 300 talents ( about 300,000 crowns ) , which they employed , with an ...
... give them a proof of that disposition ; and , accordingly presented them with all the machines of war he had employed in that siege . These they afterwards sold for 300 talents ( about 300,000 crowns ) , which they employed , with an ...
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... give my " works , and which have raised their reputation to the skies . " If we may credit Pliny , Protogenes , during the whole time he applied himself to this work , condemned himself to a very rigid and abstemious life , that the ...
... give my " works , and which have raised their reputation to the skies . " If we may credit Pliny , Protogenes , during the whole time he applied himself to this work , condemned himself to a very rigid and abstemious life , that the ...
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... give the mother , wife , and children , of his enemy their liberty without any ransom , and to dismiss them with all their attendants and effects . He even made them magnificent presents at their departure , which he accom- panied with ...
... give the mother , wife , and children , of his enemy their liberty without any ransom , and to dismiss them with all their attendants and effects . He even made them magnificent presents at their departure , which he accom- panied with ...
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... give us a very proper idea of the riches and opulence of Egypt . I may add too , that , as ancient authors speak very often of sacred pomp , processions , and solemn festivals , in honour of their gods , I thought it incumbent on me to give ...
... give us a very proper idea of the riches and opulence of Egypt . I may add too , that , as ancient authors speak very often of sacred pomp , processions , and solemn festivals , in honour of their gods , I thought it incumbent on me to give ...
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... gives him a reign of more than 50 years , by adding to it the 19 years of his son Antiochus Soter . The author pretends that Seleu- cus Nicator did not entirely divest himself of the govern- ment , but began with making a partition of ...
... gives him a reign of more than 50 years , by adding to it the 19 years of his son Antiochus Soter . The author pretends that Seleu- cus Nicator did not entirely divest himself of the govern- ment , but began with making a partition of ...
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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.