The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... thing was in motion throughout the city ; each striving with emulation to distinguish himself on that occasion ; so that a zeal so ardent and universal was never known before . The besieged first sent out three good sailers against a ...
... thing was in motion throughout the city ; each striving with emulation to distinguish himself on that occasion ; so that a zeal so ardent and universal was never known before . The besieged first sent out three good sailers against a ...
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... thing was ready , Demetrius ordered the trumpets to sound , and the general assault to be given on all sides , both by sea and land . In the heat of the attack , and when the walls were already shaken by the battering - rams ...
... thing was ready , Demetrius ordered the trumpets to sound , and the general assault to be given on all sides , both by sea and land . In the heat of the attack , and when the walls were already shaken by the battering - rams ...
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... things necessary for a vigorous defence ; by which means the in- tention of Seleucus to take them from him was rendered in- effectual at that time . This proceeding of Seleucus was very conformable to the rules of political interest ...
... things necessary for a vigorous defence ; by which means the in- tention of Seleucus to take them from him was rendered in- effectual at that time . This proceeding of Seleucus was very conformable to the rules of political interest ...
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... things were carried to such an extremity , that De- metrius , perceiving he no longer had any influence over them , fled to Greece in the disguise of a common soldier , and his troops went over to Pyrrhus , whom they proclaimed king of ...
... things were carried to such an extremity , that De- metrius , perceiving he no longer had any influence over them , fled to Greece in the disguise of a common soldier , and his troops went over to Pyrrhus , whom they proclaimed king of ...
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... thing more than his taking winter quarters in Cataonia , a province adjacent to Cappadocia , during the two severest months of that season ; after which he was immediately to evacuate that country . Seleucus , during this negotiation ...
... thing more than his taking winter quarters in Cataonia , a province adjacent to Cappadocia , during the two severest months of that season ; after which he was immediately to evacuate that country . Seleucus , during this negotiation ...
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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.