The History of the World,: From the Reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, from Their Foundation to Their Destruction; with a Preliminary Survey of Alexander's Conquests, and an Estimate of His Plans for Their Consolidation and Improvement, Volumen1Hopkins and Earle, Philadelphia; Farrand, Mallory and Company Boston; and J.W. Campbell, Petersburg, Virginia., 1809 - 483 páginas |
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... royal road , for the purpose of the historian who describes it , is carried no further than Susa . This road passed 6 from the Grecian sea through the central provinces of Lydia , Phrygia , and Cappadocia ; penetrated through the ...
... royal road , for the purpose of the historian who describes it , is carried no further than Susa . This road passed 6 from the Grecian sea through the central provinces of Lydia , Phrygia , and Cappadocia ; penetrated through the ...
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... royal road of the Persians , and which will be shown in the progress of this history , to have been immemorially the seats of opulent commercial cities . As it advances eastward , the same moun- tain , surveyed from its southern sides ...
... royal road of the Persians , and which will be shown in the progress of this history , to have been immemorially the seats of opulent commercial cities . As it advances eastward , the same moun- tain , surveyed from its southern sides ...
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... royal road just mentioned eastward to the Indus . tent of the caravan road In order to obtain the vast quantities of Indian commodi- Whole ex- ties consumed 73 in Babylon , the shortest route would have conducted across the mountains of ...
... royal road just mentioned eastward to the Indus . tent of the caravan road In order to obtain the vast quantities of Indian commodi- Whole ex- ties consumed 73 in Babylon , the shortest route would have conducted across the mountains of ...
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... royal lineage , and raged with intolerant fury against the priestly cast , or ancient sacerdotal families 37 , the first authors , as will be shown , and always the main supporters of Egyptian pros- perity . Persecution excited ...
... royal lineage , and raged with intolerant fury against the priestly cast , or ancient sacerdotal families 37 , the first authors , as will be shown , and always the main supporters of Egyptian pros- perity . Persecution excited ...
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... royal house- hold , particularly the captain of the royal guards , intrusted at the same time with the criminal jurisdiction , we perceive the still prevalent and unalterable customs of the East ; though the slow punishment of a slave ...
... royal house- hold , particularly the captain of the royal guards , intrusted at the same time with the criminal jurisdiction , we perceive the still prevalent and unalterable customs of the East ; though the slow punishment of a slave ...
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Página 123 - 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.
Página 123 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar ? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Página 482 - Yet the designs, as well as actions ascribed to him, confirm his character in history, as an indefatigable64 and just prince, a firm friend, an affectionate father, an indulgent master ; who gained the love of his eastern subjects by governing them according to their inveterate principles and habits; and who, among all contemporary sovereigns, was preeminent in consistent greatness of conduct, flowing from true royalty of soul'8.
Página iii - The history of the world, from the reign of Alexander to that of Augustus...
Página 169 - The Babylonians continued thenceforward to be clothed with the produce of their own industry. Their bodies were covered with fine linen, descending to their feet : their mitras or turbans were also of linen, plaited with much art ; they wore woollen tunicks, above which a short white cloak repelled the rays of the sun.
Página 169 - The looms of Babylon, and of the neighbouring Borsippa, a town owing its prosperity to manufactures wholly, supplied to all countries round, the finest veils or hangings, and every article of dress or furniture composed of cotton, of linen, or of wool.