The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 1
... greatest excesses of all kinds , without the least regard to decorum . In times of war , indeed , he acted a very different part ; he was then a quite different man , vigilant , active , laborious and invincible by fatigues . Whether he ...
... greatest excesses of all kinds , without the least regard to decorum . In times of war , indeed , he acted a very different part ; he was then a quite different man , vigilant , active , laborious and invincible by fatigues . Whether he ...
Page 3
... greatest captains , and the most expert in the conduct of sieges , that antiquity ever produced They began with dismissing from the city all such persons as were useless ; and the number of those who were capa- ble of bearing arms ...
... greatest captains , and the most expert in the conduct of sieges , that antiquity ever produced They began with dismissing from the city all such persons as were useless ; and the number of those who were capa- ble of bearing arms ...
Page 4
... greatest instance of the fertility of his genius in resources and inventions . He began the at- tack from the sea , in order to make himself master of the port , and the towers which defended the entrance . a In order to accomplish this ...
... greatest instance of the fertility of his genius in resources and inventions . He began the at- tack from the sea , in order to make himself master of the port , and the towers which defended the entrance . a In order to accomplish this ...
Page 6
... greatest intrepidity . Great numbers were thrown from the ladders to the earth , and miserably bruised ; seve- ral even of the principal officers , got to the top of the wall , where they were covered with wounds , and taken prisoners ...
... greatest intrepidity . Great numbers were thrown from the ladders to the earth , and miserably bruised ; seve- ral even of the principal officers , got to the top of the wall , where they were covered with wounds , and taken prisoners ...
Page 21
... greatest importance , and on the very point of a battle , by which the fate of Alexander's succes- sors is to be decided . The confederate army , commanded by Seleucus and Ly- simachus , and the troops of Antigonus and Demetrius , ar ...
... greatest importance , and on the very point of a battle , by which the fate of Alexander's succes- sors is to be decided . The confederate army , commanded by Seleucus and Ly- simachus , and the troops of Antigonus and Demetrius , ar ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accordingly Achæans Achæus advantage Ætolians affairs afterwards Agis Alexander alliance allies ambassadors Antigonus Antiochus Apelles Aratus Argos arms army arrived Asia assembly Athenians attack Attalus battle besieged brother camp carried Cassander caused Chalcis citizens Cleomenes command concluded consul Corinth crown death declared defeated Demetrius desirous dominions Egypt employed endeavoured enemy engaged entered expedition favour fleet forces formed Gauls gave glory gold greatest Greece Greeks Hannibal helepolis honour horse immediately inhabitants Italy Justin king kingdom Lacedæmonians Leonidas liberty Lysimachus Macedonia Machanidas manner master Megaleas Nabis obliged occasion passed peace Peloponnesus person Philadelphus Philip Philopomen Plut Plutarch Polyb Polybius prince prisoners provinces Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus Ptolemy Soter Pyrrhus Quintius received reign rendered returned Rhodians Romans Rome seized Seleucus senate sent Sicyon side siege soldiers soon Sparta succour Syria temple Thessaly things thought thousand took treaty troops tyrant utmost victory whole
Popular passages
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.