Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps : Embracing : Part I. Ancient History, Part II. Modern HistoryIvison & Phinney, 1858 - 600 páginas |
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... marched an army against Thebes , led by himself and seven captains ; but all the leaders were elain before the city , and the war ended by a single combat between Etéocles and Polynices , in which both brothers fell . This is said to ...
... marched an army against Thebes , led by himself and seven captains ; but all the leaders were elain before the city , and the war ended by a single combat between Etéocles and Polynices , in which both brothers fell . This is said to ...
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... marched against Sennachérib with a company composed only of tradesmen and artizans , and that " so immense a number of mice infested by night the enemy's camp , that their quivers and bows , together with what secured their shields to ...
... marched against Sennachérib with a company composed only of tradesmen and artizans , and that " so immense a number of mice infested by night the enemy's camp , that their quivers and bows , together with what secured their shields to ...
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... marched against the enemy . Five of the ten generals had been afraid to hazard a battle , but the arguments of Miltiades , one of their number , finally prevailed upon the polemarch Callim ' achus to give his casting vote in favor of ...
... marched against the enemy . Five of the ten generals had been afraid to hazard a battle , but the arguments of Miltiades , one of their number , finally prevailed upon the polemarch Callim ' achus to give his casting vote in favor of ...
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... marched out to meet them , but were worsted in the battle of Tan ' agra . ' In the following year , however , they were enabled to wipe off the stain of their defeat by a victory over the aggregate Theban and Boótian forces then in alli ...
... marched out to meet them , but were worsted in the battle of Tan ' agra . ' In the following year , however , they were enabled to wipe off the stain of their defeat by a victory over the aggregate Theban and Boótian forces then in alli ...
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... marched from Sardis in the Spring of the year 401 , and with little difficulty penetrated into the heart of the Persian empire , when he was met by Artaxerx ' es , seventy miles from Babylon , at the head of nine hundred thousand men ...
... marched from Sardis in the Spring of the year 401 , and with little difficulty penetrated into the heart of the Persian empire , when he was met by Artaxerx ' es , seventy miles from Babylon , at the head of nine hundred thousand men ...
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Africa allies ancient arms army Asia Minor Athenians Athens Austrian Babylon barbarians battle Cæsar called capital Carthage Carthaginians celebrated century character Charlemagne Charles Christian civil coast colonies command conquered conquerors conquest Corinthian Gulf Daríus death defeated Diocletian dominions Dórian early east eastern edon Egypt Egyptian emperor empire enemy England English Europe fell fleet forces France French Gaul German Grecian Grecian history Greece Greeks Gulf hundred thousand inhabitants island Italy Jerusalem Julius Cæsar king kingdom land latter Macedónian marched Mediterranean miles south-west military modern monarch mountains Napoleon nations north-east north-west northern peace Peloponnésus period Persian Philip Pompey possession prince principal provinces Ptol reign revolt river Roman Rome ruins Russia Russian Saracens Scythia senate Sicily siege slain soon south-east southern Spain Spartans success Syria temple territory Thebes Thrace throne tion town treaty tribes troops victory VIII wars western XVII
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Página 330 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new opened : O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes...
Página 40 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Página 61 - Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
Página 348 - ... in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign.
Página 330 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Página 12 - ... to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, to be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years.
Página 277 - To speak the truth, to succor the helpless and oppressed, and never to turn back from an enemy," was the first vow of the aspirant to the honors of chivalry.
Página 250 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Página 39 - Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt...
Página 64 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.