The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen3Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... thing related of him , with respect to a public em- ployment , is very remarkable . He was no sooner made treasurer - general of the republic , than he made it appear , that his predecessors in that office had cheated the state of vast ...
... thing related of him , with respect to a public em- ployment , is very remarkable . He was no sooner made treasurer - general of the republic , than he made it appear , that his predecessors in that office had cheated the state of vast ...
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... thing determined by passion . But I do not here re- cognise the Spartan equity and gravity . They were at liberty to refuse what was demanded : but to treat public officers in such a manner , was an open violation of the law of nations ...
... thing determined by passion . But I do not here re- cognise the Spartan equity and gravity . They were at liberty to refuse what was demanded : but to treat public officers in such a manner , was an open violation of the law of nations ...
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Charles Rollin. very certain and unquestionable . This battle alone shows what wonderful things may be performed by an able ... thing stoop before them : it was this victory that taught the Grecians to know their own strength , and not to ...
Charles Rollin. very certain and unquestionable . This battle alone shows what wonderful things may be performed by an able ... thing stoop before them : it was this victory that taught the Grecians to know their own strength , and not to ...
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... thing happened , adds he among the Athenians . All the ho- nour that was paid to Miltiades , the great deliverer of Athens , and of all Greece , was , that in a picture of the battle of Ma- rathon , drawn by order of the Athenians , he ...
... thing happened , adds he among the Athenians . All the ho- nour that was paid to Miltiades , the great deliverer of Athens , and of all Greece , was , that in a picture of the battle of Ma- rathon , drawn by order of the Athenians , he ...
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... thing like Darius's usual gentleness and good nature in his treatment of that unfortunate father , who desired the favour of him to leave him one of his three sons at home , while the other two followed the king in his expedition ? Was ...
... thing like Darius's usual gentleness and good nature in his treatment of that unfortunate father , who desired the favour of him to leave him one of his three sons at home , while the other two followed the king in his expedition ? Was ...
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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.