The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... seemed rather dead than living , and waited for the event in inexpressible terror , expecting it would prove the sentence for their destruction ; but he dis- sipated their apprehensions by the first expressions he ut- tered ; for he did ...
... seemed rather dead than living , and waited for the event in inexpressible terror , expecting it would prove the sentence for their destruction ; but he dis- sipated their apprehensions by the first expressions he ut- tered ; for he did ...
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... quar- ters , he seemed only to wait the arrival of his son Antigonus , and Stratonice , that Demetrius might owe the obligation of his liberty to them . In the mean time that unhappy prince supported his mis- 38 Book XVI HISTORY OF.
... quar- ters , he seemed only to wait the arrival of his son Antigonus , and Stratonice , that Demetrius might owe the obligation of his liberty to them . In the mean time that unhappy prince supported his mis- 38 Book XVI HISTORY OF.
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... seemed to affect him . He exercised himself in racing , walking , and hunt- ing ; and might have been infinitely more happy , had he made a true estimate of his condition , than whilst hurried over lands and seas by the phrenzy of ...
... seemed to affect him . He exercised himself in racing , walking , and hunt- ing ; and might have been infinitely more happy , had he made a true estimate of his condition , than whilst hurried over lands and seas by the phrenzy of ...
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... seemed to require an air of greater opulence , his answer was , " That the true grandeur of a king consisted in enriching others , not in being rich himself . ” a Plut . in Demetr . p . 892. Diog . Laert . in Demetr⚫ Phal . A. M. 3719 ...
... seemed to require an air of greater opulence , his answer was , " That the true grandeur of a king consisted in enriching others , not in being rich himself . ” a Plut . in Demetr . p . 892. Diog . Laert . in Demetr⚫ Phal . A. M. 3719 ...
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... seemed to be composed of the branches of pine . Next to these came 120 Satyrs , armed at all points , some in silver and others in copper arms . To these succeeded five troops of Sileni and Satyrs , with crowns on their heads , mounted ...
... seemed to be composed of the branches of pine . Next to these came 120 Satyrs , armed at all points , some in silver and others in copper arms . To these succeeded five troops of Sileni and Satyrs , with crowns on their heads , mounted ...
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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.