The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volumen10James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736 |
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... thing to fear from the foreign foldiers , fluctuating malignant men , void of refpect for their com- manders , and of affection for a state of which they made no part , folely actuated by the de- fire of lording it , and of amaffing ...
... thing to fear from the foreign foldiers , fluctuating malignant men , void of refpect for their com- manders , and of affection for a state of which they made no part , folely actuated by the de- fire of lording it , and of amaffing ...
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... things were in flames around him , occafioned by the cruel wars , which the two moft potent people of the world made upon each other , he was fo prudent and happy to be no more than a fpectator of them , and only to hear the noise of ...
... things were in flames around him , occafioned by the cruel wars , which the two moft potent people of the world made upon each other , he was fo prudent and happy to be no more than a fpectator of them , and only to hear the noise of ...
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... thing to the prejudice of their fortunes or liberty . He was not intent upon being feared , but upon being loved . He looked upon himself lefs as their mafter , than as their protector and father . Before his reign , the state had been ...
... thing to the prejudice of their fortunes or liberty . He was not intent upon being feared , but upon being loved . He looked upon himself lefs as their mafter , than as their protector and father . Before his reign , the state had been ...
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... things fhould be difpofed according to the laws of Hiero ; in order that the Syracufans , in changing their masters , might have the confolation not to change their laws ; and fee themselves in some measure still governed by a prince ...
... things fhould be difpofed according to the laws of Hiero ; in order that the Syracufans , in changing their masters , might have the confolation not to change their laws ; and fee themselves in some measure still governed by a prince ...
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... thing from the husbandmen beyond the tenth . Hiero feems to have been very much against the husband- man's quitting his home upon any pretext * Hieronica lex omnibus cuftodiis fubjectum aratorem decumano tradit , ut neque in fegetibus ...
... thing from the husbandmen beyond the tenth . Hiero feems to have been very much against the husband- man's quitting his home upon any pretext * Hieronica lex omnibus cuftodiis fubjectum aratorem decumano tradit , ut neque in fegetibus ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achradina Afia againſt alfo almoſt ambaffadors amongſt antient Antony Archelaus Archimedes Ariobarzanes Armenia arms army battle becauſe befides Bithynia Cæfar Cappadocia Carthaginians caufed cauſed Cicero Cleopatra confiderable confifted death defign defired Egypt enemy Epicydes eſtabliſhed faid fame fays fecond feemed felf felves fenate fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege filk filver firft firſt flaves fleet foldiers folely fome foon ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffer fupplied fupport gave gold greateſt Hiero hiftory himſelf Hippocrates honour horfe horſe hundred intereft itſelf king leaſt Lucullus mafter Marcellus Mithridates moft moſt muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſure Plin Pliny poffeffed Pompey Pontus prefent prince Ptolomy raiſed reafon reft reign Romans Rome ſhe Sicily ſtate ſtill Sylla Syracufans Syracufe Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tigranes treaſures troops uſe veffels Whilft whofe
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Página 261 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 324 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Página 252 - Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her into the tomh, drew him up. Never was there a more moving sight. Antony, all bathed in his blood, with death painted in his face, was dragged up in the air, turning his dying eyes, and extending his feeble* hands...
Página 276 - The ftrcngth, of a ftate is not to be computed by extent of country, but by the number of its citizens, and the utility of their labour.
Página 263 - CHRIST shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the FATHER: when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
Página 63 - Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say, you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero, but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus .have fallen solely upon his own head.
Página 312 - Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night. * Wild beasts of nature in his woods abound ; And youth, of labour patient, plough the ground, Inur'd to hardship, and to homely fare. Nor venerable age is wanting, there, In great examples to the youthful train ; Nor are the gods ador'd with rites profane.