The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians: Translated from the French, Band 2Robinson, Pratt & Company, 1841 |
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... looked upon this attempt as ridiculous , and accordingly they insulted the workmen ; but , at last , seeing them make an astonishing progress every day , they began to be afraid ; and to take such measures as might , if possible ...
... looked upon this attempt as ridiculous , and accordingly they insulted the workmen ; but , at last , seeing them make an astonishing progress every day , they began to be afraid ; and to take such measures as might , if possible ...
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... looked upon , even at that time , as a model of dis cretion and wisdom . From hence , the transition was easy and natural to generosity , to a noble disregard of riches , and to a laudable use of them ; all virtues so requisite in ...
... looked upon , even at that time , as a model of dis cretion and wisdom . From hence , the transition was easy and natural to generosity , to a noble disregard of riches , and to a laudable use of them ; all virtues so requisite in ...
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... regis sepulchro , inscriberes ? Hæc habere se mortuum dicit , quæ ne vivus quidem diutiùs habebat , quàm fruebatur . Cic . Tusc Quest lib . v . n . 101 . buoyed up Sardanapalus , because he looked upon the thing 58 HISTORY OF THE.
... regis sepulchro , inscriberes ? Hæc habere se mortuum dicit , quæ ne vivus quidem diutiùs habebat , quàm fruebatur . Cic . Tusc Quest lib . v . n . 101 . buoyed up Sardanapalus , because he looked upon the thing 58 HISTORY OF THE.
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Translated from the French Charles Rollin. buoyed up Sardanapalus , because he looked upon the thing as im- possible . But when he saw that the Tigris , by a violent inundation , A. M. 3257. had thrown down twenty stadia * of the city ...
Translated from the French Charles Rollin. buoyed up Sardanapalus , because he looked upon the thing as im- possible . But when he saw that the Tigris , by a violent inundation , A. M. 3257. had thrown down twenty stadia * of the city ...
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... looked upon with invidious and dis- contented eyes . But by keeping himself thus concealed from the eyes of the people , and making himself known only by the wise laws he made , and the strict justice he took care to admi- nister to ...
... looked upon with invidious and dis- contented eyes . But by keeping himself thus concealed from the eyes of the people , and making himself known only by the wise laws he made , and the strict justice he took care to admi- nister to ...
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Seite 132 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Seite 133 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Seite 154 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them ; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High ; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Seite 152 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Seite 69 - Hew the tree down, and destroy it: yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field : and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.
Seite 133 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Seite 132 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Seite 138 - ... the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Seite 152 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Seite 215 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.