The House of Seleucus, Volum 2E. Arnold, 1902 |
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Pàgina 3
... held aloof , " partly in order to gain favour with Antiochus , but chiefly because of their enmity with Aspendus . " 1 After a chequered struggle among the hills Garsyeris succeeded in driving the Selgian bands from Pednelissus , and ...
... held aloof , " partly in order to gain favour with Antiochus , but chiefly because of their enmity with Aspendus . " 1 After a chequered struggle among the hills Garsyeris succeeded in driving the Selgian bands from Pednelissus , and ...
Pàgina 7
... held out with a handful of troops in the citadel . But he was in a trap . His only hope lay now in the chance of getting through the lines of the besiegers by surprise or stealth , and making good his escape to the hills or to Egyptian ...
... held out with a handful of troops in the citadel . But he was in a trap . His only hope lay now in the chance of getting through the lines of the besiegers by surprise or stealth , and making good his escape to the hills or to Egyptian ...
Pàgina 8
... held in his hand the thread of old negotiations between Sardis and Alexandria . The letters would put Bolis into connexion with one Nicomachus in Rhodes , and with Melan- comas in Ephesus . These men had been the confidential agents of ...
... held in his hand the thread of old negotiations between Sardis and Alexandria . The letters would put Bolis into connexion with one Nicomachus in Rhodes , and with Melan- comas in Ephesus . These men had been the confidential agents of ...
Pàgina 9
... held together . At last Antiochus doubted no more , and was simply beside himself with impatience to see the astonishing plan carried through . Meantime Bolis had gone back to Melancomas at Ephesus , radiant . He and Nicomachus would be ...
... held together . At last Antiochus doubted no more , and was simply beside himself with impatience to see the astonishing plan carried through . Meantime Bolis had gone back to Melancomas at Ephesus , radiant . He and Nicomachus would be ...
Pàgina 12
... held in his hand the whole country this side of the Taurus . And now at a time when all his forces and the forces of his enemy believed him to be lodged in the strongest place of the world , he sat bound upon the earth , the sport of ...
... held in his hand the whole country this side of the Taurus . And now at a time when all his forces and the forces of his enemy believed him to be lodged in the strongest place of the world , he sat bound upon the earth , the sport of ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 20 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 29 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Pàgina 296 - The field all iron cast a gleaming brown : Nor wanted clouds of foot, nor, on each horn, Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight, Chariots, or elephants indorsed with towers Of archers...
Pàgina 303 - But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him : and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
Pàgina 298 - Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
Pàgina 188 - Gentiles had defiled it : and they pulled down the altar, and laid up the stones in the mountain of the house in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to give an answer concerning them.
Pàgina 160 - Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people, and every one should leave his laws; so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
Pàgina 174 - The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.