Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry : Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interests of Piety and VirtueJohn S. Taylor, 1844 - 358 páginas |
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... Scythian ambassadors to Alexander , on his mak- ing preparations to attack their country , 86 8885 94 • 97 102 • 106 113 1 • 118 • 120 3. Speech of the earl of Chatham , on the subject of em- ploying Indians to fight against the ...
... Scythian ambassadors to Alexander , on his mak- ing preparations to attack their country , 86 8885 94 • 97 102 • 106 113 1 • 118 • 120 3. Speech of the earl of Chatham , on the subject of em- ploying Indians to fight against the ...
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... Scythia sent their assistance . Medes , Persians , Bactrians , Lydians , Assyrians , Hyrcanians , and many other nations of various forms , complexions , languages , dresses , and arms , united in this grand expedition . The land army ...
... Scythia sent their assistance . Medes , Persians , Bactrians , Lydians , Assyrians , Hyrcanians , and many other nations of various forms , complexions , languages , dresses , and arms , united in this grand expedition . The land army ...
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... and probity , his friends followed him , and continued to visit him during the interval between his condemnation and his death . GOLDSMITH , SECTION II . THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADORS TO ALEXANDER , ON CHAP . VII . 117 PUBLIC SPEECHES .
... and probity , his friends followed him , and continued to visit him during the interval between his condemnation and his death . GOLDSMITH , SECTION II . THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADORS TO ALEXANDER , ON CHAP . VII . 117 PUBLIC SPEECHES .
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... Scythians , or the Scythians with you ? We have never invaded Macedon ; why should you attack Scythia ? You pretend to be the punisher of robbers ; and are yourself the general robber of mankind . You have taken Lydia ; you have seized ...
... Scythians , or the Scythians with you ? We have never invaded Macedon ; why should you attack Scythia ? You pretend to be the punisher of robbers ; and are yourself the general robber of mankind . You have taken Lydia ; you have seized ...
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... Scythians attack with no less vigour than they fly . It will , therefore , be your wisdom to keep with strict attention what you have gained : catching at more , you may lose what you have . We have a prover- bial saying in Scythia ...
... Scythians attack with no less vigour than they fly . It will , therefore , be your wisdom to keep with strict attention what you have gained : catching at more , you may lose what you have . We have a prover- bial saying in Scythia ...
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