Stories of the Olden TimeAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 254 Seiten |
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... Medes affected an effeminate life - to be dressed in scarlet and to wear necklaces and bracelets - whereas the habits of the Persians were very plain and coarse . 2. All this finery had no effect upon Cyrus , who , without criticising ...
... Medes affected an effeminate life - to be dressed in scarlet and to wear necklaces and bracelets - whereas the habits of the Persians were very plain and coarse . 2. All this finery had no effect upon Cyrus , who , without criticising ...
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... Medes , looking upon them as ready to be swallowed up by a formidable league formed against them , thought fit to lay hold of this occasion to shake off their yoke . Ac- cordingly he refused to pay them the ordinary tribute , and to ...
... Medes , looking upon them as ready to be swallowed up by a formidable league formed against them , thought fit to lay hold of this occasion to shake off their yoke . Ac- cordingly he refused to pay them the ordinary tribute , and to ...
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... Medes , and called in also the great men of Ar- menia . Nor did he so much as exclude the ladies from this assembly , who were there in their chariots , but gave them full liberty to hear and see all that passed . 7. When all was ready ...
... Medes , and called in also the great men of Ar- menia . Nor did he so much as exclude the ladies from this assembly , who were there in their chariots , but gave them full liberty to hear and see all that passed . 7. When all was ready ...
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... Medes , his grandfather ; whether he had not been overcome in that war , and in consequence of his defeat had concluded a treaty with Astyages ; whether by virtue of that treaty he was not obliged to pay a certain tribute , to furnish a ...
... Medes , his grandfather ; whether he had not been overcome in that war , and in consequence of his defeat had concluded a treaty with Astyages ; whether by virtue of that treaty he was not obliged to pay a certain tribute , to furnish a ...
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... Medes he doubled , and instead of fifty talents exacted a hundred , and borrowed the like sum over and above in his own " But what would you give me , " added Cyrus , " for the ransom of your wives ? " All that I have in the world ...
... Medes he doubled , and instead of fifty talents exacted a hundred , and borrowed the like sum over and above in his own " But what would you give me , " added Cyrus , " for the ransom of your wives ? " All that I have in the world ...
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Alexander Appius archers Arion armor arms army Astyages Attalus Banquo barons batayle battle Bishop brave brought Brutus Cæsar called castle Charlemagne Charles Charles the Simple Cincinnatus Claudius conquered consul crown Cyrus death duke Duncan Earl Douglas enemy England English father favor fear fell fight fought France Frank Glaucon Greek hand hast hath heard honor Horatius horse hundred Jerusalem Jews king king's knights kynge land Lars Porsena lictors Lord Macbeth Macduff Macedon Macedonians marched Medes never Nidung noble Norman Northmen passed Periander Persians plebeians pray priests princes replied returned Richard Roman Rome Saladin Saracens Saxons sayde Scotland sent ships shire shore side Sisygambis slain slaves Socrates soldiers spake stood story suitors sword thee thenglysshmen Thor thou thought thousand Tigranes told took turned Ulysses unto Vanlander vikings Virginius young
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Seite 28 - Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Seite 73 - For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still!
Seite 251 - FAIR stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Caux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry.
Seite 74 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Seite 26 - Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Seite 29 - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Seite 73 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Seite 72 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Seite 252 - They now to fight are gone, Armor on armor shone, Drum now to drum did groan, To hear was wonder, That with the cries they make The very earth did shake, Trumpet to trumpet spake, Thunder to thunder.
Seite 73 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.