The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... prince , who had the most fertile and inventive genius that ever was , for attacking places and forming machines of war , had brought with him an infinite number of the latter . He was sensible that he had to deal with a brave people ...
... prince , who had the most fertile and inventive genius that ever was , for attacking places and forming machines of war , had brought with him an infinite number of the latter . He was sensible that he had to deal with a brave people ...
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... prince ordered a general attack to be made against the port and the walls of the place , with the sound of trumpets , and the shouts of his whole army , think- ing by those means to spread terror among the besieged : but they were so ...
... prince ordered a general attack to be made against the port and the walls of the place , with the sound of trumpets , and the shouts of his whole army , think- ing by those means to spread terror among the besieged : but they were so ...
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... prince had retreated from Rhodes , immediate care was taken to bury the dead ; the beaks also of the ships , with the other spoils that had been taken from the enemy , were carried to the temple , and the workmen were indefa- tigable in ...
... prince had retreated from Rhodes , immediate care was taken to bury the dead ; the beaks also of the ships , with the other spoils that had been taken from the enemy , were carried to the temple , and the workmen were indefa- tigable in ...
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... prince , after they had consulted the oracle of Jupiter Ammon , to give the action an air of so- lemnity ; and , to honour him the more , erected a magnificent edifice within it . They built a sumptuous portico , and con- tinued it ...
... prince , after they had consulted the oracle of Jupiter Ammon , to give the action an air of so- lemnity ; and , to honour him the more , erected a magnificent edifice within it . They built a sumptuous portico , and con- tinued it ...
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... prince ! Seleu- cus , shortly after , led his troops into the west against Anti- gonus , as I shall soon observe . The absolute necessity he was under of engaging in this war was one of his strongest inducements for concluding so sudden ...
... prince ! Seleu- cus , shortly after , led his troops into the west against Anti- gonus , as I shall soon observe . The absolute necessity he was under of engaging in this war was one of his strongest inducements for concluding so sudden ...
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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.