An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 |
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Pàgina 24
... command to any one , except when their territo- ries were threatned with invafion from a common enemy b This is further confirmed in part by another hiftorian , who tells us that the Cimmerians , or northern Gomerians , being in- vaded ...
... command to any one , except when their territo- ries were threatned with invafion from a common enemy b This is further confirmed in part by another hiftorian , who tells us that the Cimmerians , or northern Gomerians , being in- vaded ...
Pàgina 94
... command of Ta- xacis , was to act in conjunction with the Gelonians and Bu daans ; the other , which was by far the greater , was com- manded by the king himself ; whilft the Sarmatians were or- dered to advance to the territories of ...
... command of Ta- xacis , was to act in conjunction with the Gelonians and Bu daans ; the other , which was by far the greater , was com- manded by the king himself ; whilft the Sarmatians were or- dered to advance to the territories of ...
Pàgina 110
... command of Scipio , which decided the fate of Afa . This city was for fome time -the feat of the Ottoman empire , and is still the capital of Ca- rafia . MOUNT Sypilus is the only one in Lydia of any note . The goddess Sypilène took her ...
... command of Scipio , which decided the fate of Afa . This city was for fome time -the feat of the Ottoman empire , and is still the capital of Ca- rafia . MOUNT Sypilus is the only one in Lydia of any note . The goddess Sypilène took her ...
Pàgina 111
... command a body of troops which he sent , we know not on what occafion , into Syria . The Heraclidæ , or kings of Lydia defcended from Hercules , began to reign be- fore the Trojan war , and had been preceded by a long feries of kings ...
... command a body of troops which he sent , we know not on what occafion , into Syria . The Heraclidæ , or kings of Lydia defcended from Hercules , began to reign be- fore the Trojan war , and had been preceded by a long feries of kings ...
Pàgina 114
... command thofe , who fhould be obliged to remove , he himself remaining to reign . over those who should have the fortune to ftay . Thofe , who by lot were conftrained to abandon their country , marched to Smyrna , where they equipped a ...
... command thofe , who fhould be obliged to remove , he himself remaining to reign . over those who should have the fortune to ftay . Thofe , who by lot were conftrained to abandon their country , marched to Smyrna , where they equipped a ...
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An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from ... Visualització completa - 1747 |
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from ... Visualització completa - 1747 |
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from ... Visualització completa - 1747 |
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Pàgina 126 - Greek legend, a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
Pàgina 124 - I recollect to have heard of I am not certain that I did not see a Letter from Lord Holland on the subject of the execution of Ney ! in which he accused me of having permitted that he should be executed because I had not been able to get the better of Him in the field in some affair in Portugal. There was no foundation for the supposition that such motive could exist ! There was no such affair ! Lord Holland never reproached me to my face upon the subject ! although I sat long in Park.
Pàgina 492 - House, and ordered to go with some other persons, whom they named, to seize one Leon, a man of rank and fortune, whom they determined to put out of the way, that they might enjoy his estate. This commission Socrates positively refused. " I will not willingly," said he,
Pàgina 486 - He faid that it was folely with this view he made the peace with Sparta, and accepted the office of one of the thirty : that he had never oppofed their...
Pàgina 327 - ... was previoufly fet up in fome public place, that every man might know what bufinefs to apply his thoughts to. The Proedri were nine in number, appointed by lots out of all the tribes to which the Prytanes did not belong : they had the right of propofing to the people what they were to deliberate upon, and their office ended with the auembly.
Pàgina 285 - By the latter invention they providfd againft the too great power of a fingle perfon, as by the former they took away all apprehenfion of the archons having time to eftablim themfelves, fo as to change the conftitution.
Pàgina 467 - ... of Alcibiades, to ruin the mighty interest, which his birth, fortune, and accomplishments had gained him in Athens : to effect their purpose, they also reported that he had entered into a conspiracy to betray the city to the Lacedemonians, and that he had persuaded the Argives to undertake something to their prejudice. It was therefore determined to put him to death on his return ; but it being apprehended, that the attempt to arrest him in sight of the army might produce commotions, those who...
Pàgina 521 - I am yet alive, arise up and depart out of this sacred place; though Antipater and the Macedonians have not left so much as thy temple unpolluted." After he had thus spoken and desired to be held up, because already he began to tremble and stagger, as he was going forward, and passing by the altar, he fell down, and with a groan gave up the ghost.
Pàgina 97 - Ariantes is said to have ordered all his soldiers to appear before him at a set time, and every one, to throw, the tip of an arrow into a common heap, which amounted to so great a bulk, that he caused it to be melted down and cast into a large vessel as a monument of the transaction. Some other kings of this country are noticed by historians ; but, as nothing satisfactory is recorded of their actions, we shall pass them over in silence, and hasten to the reign of...
Pàgina 329 - ... made for poor citizens out of the public treafure ; they had the fuperintendancy of public prifons, and a power of punifhing fuch as committed...