A Compend of History, from the Earliest Times, Τόμοι 1-2Richardson and Lord, 1828 |
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Σελίδα 36
... Italy , and Gaul . The Carthaginians , who , at that time , had acquired an extensive military reputation , furnished him with an army of 300,000 men , under the command of Hamilcar . After the most active preparations throughout his ...
... Italy , and Gaul . The Carthaginians , who , at that time , had acquired an extensive military reputation , furnished him with an army of 300,000 men , under the command of Hamilcar . After the most active preparations throughout his ...
Σελίδα 91
... Italy ; for it is remark- able , that , after Rome had been an independent state 360 years , her territories did not extend twenty miles from the city . But a power was now rapidly rising much nearer to Greece , which was to change the ...
... Italy ; for it is remark- able , that , after Rome had been an independent state 360 years , her territories did not extend twenty miles from the city . But a power was now rapidly rising much nearer to Greece , which was to change the ...
Σελίδα 116
... Italy , where he was repulsed by a nation of heroes , who united the bravery of Leonidas to the uncorrupted virtues of Aristides . Pyrrhus made Greece and Asia the scene of his operations , he might either have avoided a collision with ...
... Italy , where he was repulsed by a nation of heroes , who united the bravery of Leonidas to the uncorrupted virtues of Aristides . Pyrrhus made Greece and Asia the scene of his operations , he might either have avoided a collision with ...
Σελίδα 119
... Italy itself should be the seat of war . This advice was no less timely and important than it was judicious and practicable ; and a conformity to it was of equal moment both to the giver and receiver . But the Syrian king , whose views ...
... Italy itself should be the seat of war . This advice was no less timely and important than it was judicious and practicable ; and a conformity to it was of equal moment both to the giver and receiver . But the Syrian king , whose views ...
Σελίδα 125
... Italy and Greece . His whole reign was a series of wars , first with the neighboring princes of Macedon , from whom he wrested that empire , then , with the Romans , and finally , with the Greeks , whom he repeatedly attempted , in vain ...
... Italy and Greece . His whole reign was a series of wars , first with the neighboring princes of Macedon , from whom he wrested that empire , then , with the Romans , and finally , with the Greeks , whom he repeatedly attempted , in vain ...
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Σελίδα 208 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Σελίδα 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 81 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Σελίδα 229 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time.
Σελίδα 98 - ... to the noise of a tumultuous assembly, and with pebbles in his mouth that he might correct a defect in his speech...
Σελίδα 121 - ... Exposed to the factions which divide my Country, and to the enmity of the greatest Powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career ; and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British People.
Σελίδα 195 - ... parties succeeding one another. Indeed it is surprising that the illustrious examples of those great men should be deserted immediately, and so soon forgotten ; and it can be accounted for in no other way than by supposing that the reins of government fell into the weakest and vilest of hands. When we consider the advantages the first emperors of Rome possessed, it can scarcely be doubted that many of them were the lowest, the most detestable and abandoned villains that ever swayed a sceptre....
Σελίδα 86 - Pass on me what sentence you please, Athenians ; but I can neither repent nor change my conduct. I must not abandon nor suspend a function, which God himself has imposed on me, now he has charged me with the care of instructing my fellow citizens.
Σελίδα 121 - I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Σελίδα 197 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe...