Ancient History: History of the PersiansReligious Tract Society, 1842 - 123 páginas |
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... favoured of the king's household officers ; and he adds that he was a very handsome man , and that it was part of his duty to introduce to the king those who came upon business , and to send away those who applied for an interview whom ...
... favoured of the king's household officers ; and he adds that he was a very handsome man , and that it was part of his duty to introduce to the king those who came upon business , and to send away those who applied for an interview whom ...
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... favour was shown to Esther ; otherwise , according to the law of the Medes and Persians , her life must have been the forfeit of her temerity . After having thus shown her favour , the king promised Esther that whatever might be her ...
... favour was shown to Esther ; otherwise , according to the law of the Medes and Persians , her life must have been the forfeit of her temerity . After having thus shown her favour , the king promised Esther that whatever might be her ...
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... favour . And as there were offices erected for the regulation of the military department , so there were offices erected for the regulation of rural labours and economy . Both were protected , because both concurred for the public good ...
... favour . And as there were offices erected for the regulation of the military department , so there were offices erected for the regulation of rural labours and economy . Both were protected , because both concurred for the public good ...
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... favour , prompted him to make this return as considerable as possible , even if no precise amount was fixed . From all this it may be seen , that the revenues of the Persian empire were not so trifling as would appear , at first sight ...
... favour , prompted him to make this return as considerable as possible , even if no precise amount was fixed . From all this it may be seen , that the revenues of the Persian empire were not so trifling as would appear , at first sight ...
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... favour no less trifling to you , than important to myself . " Xerxes promised to grant it ; and Pythius , thus encouraged , continued : " Sir , I have five sons , who are all with you in this Grecian expedition ; I would entreat you to ...
... favour no less trifling to you , than important to myself . " Xerxes promised to grant it ; and Pythius , thus encouraged , continued : " Sir , I have five sons , who are all with you in this Grecian expedition ; I would entreat you to ...
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according Alexander ancient appear Aristagoras arms Arrian Artaphernes Artaxerxes Asia Athenians Babylon Baharam battle body brother called Cambyses caused chariot Chedorlaomer Chosroes Christian command conqueror conquest crown Cyrus Darius death defeated desert dominions earth east Egypt Egyptians emperor enemy evil favour feet fire fleet forces gold governor Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hellespont Herodotus historians honour Hormisdas horse Hyrcania Hystaspes inhabitants invaded Jews Jezdegerd king's kingdom kings of Persia Lacedæmonians land Lord Macedonians magi marched Mardonius Mazanderan Medes Megabyzus mighty miles modern monarch mountains nations Ochus palace pass peace Persepolis Persian army Persian empire Pharnabazus plain possessed prince prophet provinces reign religion revenge revolted river Roman royal ruins sacred Sapor Sardis says sent sians slain soon Strabo subjects Susa Syria temple thou throne tion Tiribazus Tissaphernes tract troops victory whence whole writers Xenophon Xerxes Zoroaster
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Página 48 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Página 50 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Página 106 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Página 39 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect. unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Página 41 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 96 - Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Página 14 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 87 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Página 50 - Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.