The House of Seleucus, Volum 2E. Arnold, 1902 |
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Pàgina 8
... reached Sardis to find that Cambylus and the Cretan corps , by what seemed an extraordinary piece of luck , had been detached to guard one of the approaches of the citadel where the ground did not admit the regular barricades . He ...
... reached Sardis to find that Cambylus and the Cretan corps , by what seemed an extraordinary piece of luck , had been detached to guard one of the approaches of the citadel where the ground did not admit the regular barricades . He ...
Pàgina 10
... reached where Cambylus would be waiting with an ambush , Bolis would leap upon Achaeus and hold him fast , so that he should not dive . into the scrub and slip away , or , supposing he were desperate , throw himself down the cliff . 1 ...
... reached where Cambylus would be waiting with an ambush , Bolis would leap upon Achaeus and hold him fast , so that he should not dive . into the scrub and slip away , or , supposing he were desperate , throw himself down the cliff . 1 ...
Pàgina 12
... reached safety . The fault of his companions betrayed him . When they came to very steep and breakneck places in the descent , some of the men instinct- ively gave their king a hand or grasped him from behind . These momentary movements ...
... reached safety . The fault of his companions betrayed him . When they came to very steep and breakneck places in the descent , some of the men instinct- ively gave their king a hand or grasped him from behind . These momentary movements ...
Pàgina 20
... reached the pass , and here the phalanx came for the first time into action . In a pitched battle , however , the barbarian mountaineers could do it little harm , and the light troops had secretly before dawn crept round and occupied ...
... reached the pass , and here the phalanx came for the first time into action . In a pitched battle , however , the barbarian mountaineers could do it little harm , and the light troops had secretly before dawn crept round and occupied ...
Pàgina 21
... reached the river before the third day dawned . The main part of the enemy's cavalry had retired from the bank during the night , as their habit was , leaving only a few patrols . Antiochus was thus able to throw the majority of his ...
... reached the river before the third day dawned . The main part of the enemy's cavalry had retired from the bank during the night , as their habit was , leaving only a few patrols . Antiochus was thus able to throw the majority of his ...
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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.