A Compend of History, from the Earliest Times, Τόμοι 1-2Richardson and Lord, 1828 |
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Σελίδα 26
... followed , as we have formerly noted . Cyaxares pursued his conquests , leaving only Chaldea to the king of Babylon ; and , having extended his territories , and enriched his armies with treasures and spoils of immense value , he ...
... followed , as we have formerly noted . Cyaxares pursued his conquests , leaving only Chaldea to the king of Babylon ; and , having extended his territories , and enriched his armies with treasures and spoils of immense value , he ...
Σελίδα 31
... fabulous . The voluntary submission of many states , by their ambas- sadors , followed the conquest of Lydia ; and Cyrus had little further use for arms in that country . CHAPTER VI . THE PERSIAN EMPIRE , FROM THE REDUCTION PERSIA . 31.
... fabulous . The voluntary submission of many states , by their ambas- sadors , followed the conquest of Lydia ; and Cyrus had little further use for arms in that country . CHAPTER VI . THE PERSIAN EMPIRE , FROM THE REDUCTION PERSIA . 31.
Σελίδα 43
... followed their example . The members of the Amphictyonic league , for a consid- erable time , were fully employed in regulating their own governments , and repelling the invasions of their hostile neighbors ANCIENT GREECE . 43.
... followed their example . The members of the Amphictyonic league , for a consid- erable time , were fully employed in regulating their own governments , and repelling the invasions of their hostile neighbors ANCIENT GREECE . 43.
Σελίδα 47
... followed them . Their absence , for a course of years , had quite altered the scene of things ; as it had opened the way to conspiracies , usurpations , and exterminating revolutions . Their vacant thrones had been filled by usurpers ...
... followed them . Their absence , for a course of years , had quite altered the scene of things ; as it had opened the way to conspiracies , usurpations , and exterminating revolutions . Their vacant thrones had been filled by usurpers ...
Σελίδα 61
... followed by the same fortunes . Greece had now acquired the summit of her glory and happiness ; but still she continued to exhibit unquestionable proofs , that no community can either boast of unsullied vir- tue , or can enjoy unmingled ...
... followed by the same fortunes . Greece had now acquired the summit of her glory and happiness ; but still she continued to exhibit unquestionable proofs , that no community can either boast of unsullied vir- tue , or can enjoy unmingled ...
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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...