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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... speaking of the Romans , had laid the foun dations of their future grandeur ; and the last , by his conquests , opened a door to all manner of luxury and dissoluteness . For , after Car thage , which obliged Rome to stand for ever on ...
... speaking of the Romans , had laid the foun dations of their future grandeur ; and the last , by his conquests , opened a door to all manner of luxury and dissoluteness . For , after Car thage , which obliged Rome to stand for ever on ...
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... speaking of Scipio , says , ‡ that he always had Xenophon's works in his hands , which are so famous for the solid and excellent instructions they contain , both in regard to war and policy . He owed this exquisite taste for polite ...
... speaking of Scipio , says , ‡ that he always had Xenophon's works in his hands , which are so famous for the solid and excellent instructions they contain , both in regard to war and policy . He owed this exquisite taste for polite ...
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... speaking as follows of Masinissa's vigorous constitution : Arbitror te audire , Scipio , hospes tuus Masinissa quæ faciat hodie nonaginta annos natus ; cùm ingressus iter pedibus sit , in equum omnino non ascendere ; cùm equo , ex equo ...
... speaking as follows of Masinissa's vigorous constitution : Arbitror te audire , Scipio , hospes tuus Masinissa quæ faciat hodie nonaginta annos natus ; cùm ingressus iter pedibus sit , in equum omnino non ascendere ; cùm equo , ex equo ...
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... speak of the first founder of that city ; for it owes its beginning neither to Semiramis nor to Nimrod , but to the foolish vanity of those persons mentioned in Scripture , who de- sired to build a tower and a city , that should render ...
... speak of the first founder of that city ; for it owes its beginning neither to Semiramis nor to Nimrod , but to the foolish vanity of those persons mentioned in Scripture , who de- sired to build a tower and a city , that should render ...
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... speak of the mighty strength and greatness of the cities of Babylon and Nineveh , under the kings to whom their building is ascribed by profane authors , oecause the Scripture says little or no- thing on that subject . This silence of ...
... speak of the mighty strength and greatness of the cities of Babylon and Nineveh , under the kings to whom their building is ascribed by profane authors , oecause the Scripture says little or no- thing on that subject . This silence of ...
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affairs afterwards ancient answer Appian Aristagoras arms army Artaphernes Asia Assyrian empire Astyages Athenians Athens attacked authority Babylon Babylonians battle besieged brother called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians caused chariots citizens commanded courage Croesus Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus Cyrus's Darius death Democedes desired dominions enemy expedition father favour forces gave give glory gods gold greatest Grecians Greece Herod Herodotus honour horse Ibid inhabitants Ionians Jugurtha king king's kingdom laws liberty likewise Lycurgus magnificence manner Masinissa master means Medes nations never Nineveh obliged observed occasion officers palace Persian empire Persians person Pisistratus Plut Plutarch Polybius prince provinces reason reign rendered riches river Romans Rome Sardis says Scipio Scripture Scythians senate sent side siege soldiers Solon soon Sparta speak Strabo subjects temple thing thou thought throne took tower troops victory walls whole Xenophon young καὶ
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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.