The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volum 10James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736 |
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... fent a- gainst him . He obliges him to raise the fiege of Cyzicum , and defeats his troops . He gains a compleat victory over him , and reduces him to fly into Pontus . Tragical , end of the fifters and wives of Mithridates . He ...
... fent a- gainst him . He obliges him to raise the fiege of Cyzicum , and defeats his troops . He gains a compleat victory over him , and reduces him to fly into Pontus . Tragical , end of the fifters and wives of Mithridates . He ...
Pàgina 5
... fent which the people and the allies afterwards gave to it . But can we fuppofe , in fuch a conjuncture , that their confent was perfectly free ? As to his being elected king , there was nothing forced in that : If his fecret ambition B ...
... fent which the people and the allies afterwards gave to it . But can we fuppofe , in fuch a conjuncture , that their confent was perfectly free ? As to his being elected king , there was nothing forced in that : If his fecret ambition B ...
Pàgina 6
... fent to defire their aid . Hence Hift . of the arofe the first Punick war , as I have explained Carthagi- more at large elsewhere . Vol . I. nians . Frontin . Appius Claudius the conful put to fea , in Stratag . order to aid the ...
... fent to defire their aid . Hence Hift . of the arofe the first Punick war , as I have explained Carthagi- more at large elsewhere . Vol . I. nians . Frontin . Appius Claudius the conful put to fea , in Stratag . order to aid the ...
Pàgina 7
... fent embaf- fadors to the confuls to treat of peace and al- liance . They were far from refusing those offers . They were too much afraid , that the Carthaginians , masters of the fea , might shut up all paffage for provifions ; which ...
... fent embaf- fadors to the confuls to treat of peace and al- liance . They were far from refusing those offers . They were too much afraid , that the Carthaginians , masters of the fea , might shut up all paffage for provifions ; which ...
Pàgina 15
... fent a fleet laden with provifions to the port of Oftia . The Syracufan ambassadors , upon their being introduced to the fenate , told them : " That Hiero , their mafter , had been as " fenfibly afflicted on their last difgrace , as if ...
... fent a fleet laden with provifions to the port of Oftia . The Syracufan ambassadors , upon their being introduced to the fenate , told them : " That Hiero , their mafter , had been as " fenfibly afflicted on their last difgrace , as if ...
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Achradina Afia againſt alfo almoſt ambaffadors amongſt antient Antony Archelaus Archimedes Ariobarzanes Armenia arms army battle becauſe befides Bithynia Cæfar Cappadocia Carthaginians caufed cauſed Cicero Cleopatra confiderable confifted death defign defired Egypt enemy Epicydes eſtabliſhed faid fame fays fecond feemed felf felves fenate fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege filk filver firft firſt flaves fleet foldiers folely fome foon ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffer fupplied fupport gave gold greateſt Hiero hiftory himſelf Hippocrates honour horfe horſe hundred intereft itſelf king leaſt Lucullus mafter Marcellus Mithridates moft moſt muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſure Plin Pliny poffeffed Pompey Pontus prefent prince Ptolomy raiſed reafon reft reign Romans Rome ſhe Sicily ſtate ſtill Sylla Syracufans Syracufe Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tigranes treaſures troops uſe veffels Whilft whofe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 261 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Pàgina 324 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Pàgina 252 - Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her into the tomh, drew him up. Never was there a more moving sight. Antony, all bathed in his blood, with death painted in his face, was dragged up in the air, turning his dying eyes, and extending his feeble* hands...
Pàgina 276 - The ftrcngth, of a ftate is not to be computed by extent of country, but by the number of its citizens, and the utility of their labour.
Pàgina 263 - CHRIST shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the FATHER: when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
Pàgina 63 - Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say, you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero, but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus .have fallen solely upon his own head.
Pàgina 312 - Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night. * Wild beasts of nature in his woods abound ; And youth, of labour patient, plough the ground, Inur'd to hardship, and to homely fare. Nor venerable age is wanting, there, In great examples to the youthful train ; Nor are the gods ador'd with rites profane.