The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... sent his son De- metrius , with a 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 ...
... sent his son De- metrius , with a 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 ...
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... sent out parties to lay the coun- try waste on all sides , and , at the same time , caused another body of his troops to cut down the trees and demolish the houses in the parts adjacent to Rhodes , and then employed them as materials to ...
... sent out parties to lay the coun- try waste on all sides , and , at the same time , caused another body of his troops to cut down the trees and demolish the houses in the parts adjacent to Rhodes , and then employed them as materials to ...
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... sent out nine of their best ships of war , divided into three squadrons , the command of which they gave to three of their bravest sea - officers , who returned with a very rich booty , some galleys , and several smaller vessels , which ...
... sent out nine of their best ships of war , divided into three squadrons , the command of which they gave to three of their bravest sea - officers , who returned with a very rich booty , some galleys , and several smaller vessels , which ...
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... 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 the city began to be in want of ...
... 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 the city began to be in want of ...
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... sent by king Ptolemy to succour the Athenians , and which appeared on the coasts of Ægina , afforded them but a transient joy ; for , when this naval force saw a strong fleet arrive from Peloponnesus to the assistance of Demetrius ...
... sent by king Ptolemy to succour the Athenians , and which appeared on the coasts of Ægina , afforded them but a transient joy ; for , when this naval force saw a strong fleet arrive from Peloponnesus to the assistance of Demetrius ...
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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.