The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen3Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... hopes that this news would induce them to sur- render immediately . The Athenians had sent to Lacedæ mon , to desire succours against the common enemy , which the Spartans granted them instantly and without deliberation ; but which ...
... hopes that this news would induce them to sur- render immediately . The Athenians had sent to Lacedæ mon , to desire succours against the common enemy , which the Spartans granted them instantly and without deliberation ; but which ...
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... hopes of their flight , wait- ed four days on purpose to give them time to retreat . a And in this interval of time he used his utmost endeavours to gain Leonidas , by making him magnificent promises , and assuring him , that he would ...
... hopes of their flight , wait- ed four days on purpose to give them time to retreat . a And in this interval of time he used his utmost endeavours to gain Leonidas , by making him magnificent promises , and assuring him , that he would ...
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... hope of victory , and seeing no method of saving themselves , when once they had abandoned the temples of their gods and the tombs of their ancestors . Here Themistocles had occasion for all his address and all his eloquence to work ...
... hope of victory , and seeing no method of saving themselves , when once they had abandoned the temples of their gods and the tombs of their ancestors . Here Themistocles had occasion for all his address and all his eloquence to work ...
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... hopes of bringing them to some terms of accommodation , sent another deputy to them to make the same proposals as before . A certain Athenian , called Lycidas , being of opinion that they should hearken to what he had to offer , was ...
... hopes of bringing them to some terms of accommodation , sent another deputy to them to make the same proposals as before . A certain Athenian , called Lycidas , being of opinion that they should hearken to what he had to offer , was ...
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... hopes of succeeding him in the throne " . It is very likely that he was excited to the commission of this crime , from another motive . Xerxes had commanded him to murder Darius , his eldest son , but for what cause history is silent ...
... hopes of succeeding him in the throne " . It is very likely that he was excited to the commission of this crime , from another motive . Xerxes had commanded him to murder Darius , his eldest son , but for what cause history is silent ...
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Página 119 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Página 119 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Página 119 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Página 323 - Every thing charms and transports me in this place," said Lysander to Cyrus ; " but what strikes me most is the exquisite taste and elegant industry of the person who drew the plan of these gardens, and gave it the fine order, wonderful disposition, and happiness of arrangement which I cannot sufficiently admire.
Página 201 - ... contravallation. The besiegers, after having pursued them to no purpose, returned to their camp. In the mean time, the...
Página 277 - ... which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature ; but then I cannot but be strongly affected with the cruel wound which their death has made in my heart, nor forbear hating and detesting the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as the murderers of my children. But, however...
Página 344 - ... upon him as he passed without losing a man. They were commanded by Episthenes of Amphipolis, who was esteemed an able captain. Tissaphernes kept on without returning to the charge, because he perceived he was too weak, and went forward to Cyrus's camp, where he found the king, who was plundering it; but had not been able to force the quarter defended by the Greeks left to guard it, who saved their baggage.
Página 277 - I see it ready to expose itself to eternal infamy, by the barbarous advice which is now given you. The Athenians indeed merit the worst treatment, and every kind of punishment that can be inflicted on them, for so unjustly declaring war against us ; but have not the gods, the just avengers of crimes, punished them and...
Página 277 - How ! will you suffer your glory to be thus sullied, in the face of the whole world, and have it said, that a nation, who first dedicated a temple in their city to clemency, had not found any in yours ? Surely victories and triumphs do not give immortal glory to a city ! but the exercising of mercy towards a vanquished enemy, the using of moderation in the greatest prosperity, and fearing to offend the gods by a haughty and insolent pride.
Página 182 - ... to quench the raging thirst, which consumed them. Their very temples were filled with dead bodies; and every part of the city exhibited a dreadful image of death, without the least remedy for the present, or the least hopes with regard to futurity.