Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps: Embracing: Part I. Ancient History. Part II. Modern HistoryIvison & Phinney, 1856 - 845 páginas |
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... marched an army against Thebes , led by himself and seven captains ; but all the leaders were slain 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 slain 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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Página 15 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Página 332 - 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 for ever hide me.
Página 419 - Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait; While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Página 419 - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; ' Think nothing gain'd,' he cries, * till nought remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Página 41 - 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 42 - 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 419 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Página 333 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 43 - And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Página 277 - Under the name of aids, the lord claimed stipulated sums from his tenants on the occasion of the knighting of his eldest son, the marriage of his eldest daughter, or his own capture in war.