A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaWalton and Maberly, 1864 |
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... field of Rome and Carthage - Its connection with Italy , Greece , and Carthage - Seizure of Messana by the Mamertines - They are be- sieged by Hiero - Aid voted to them by the Romans - Beginning of the First Punic War - Successes of the ...
... field of Rome and Carthage - Its connection with Italy , Greece , and Carthage - Seizure of Messana by the Mamertines - They are be- sieged by Hiero - Aid voted to them by the Romans - Beginning of the First Punic War - Successes of the ...
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... field again . Lycophron once more turned for aid to Onomarchus , promising to give him all Thessaly as a dependency of Phocis . With such a prize in view , Onomarchus put forth all his force , and entered Thessaly with an army of 20,000 ...
... field again . Lycophron once more turned for aid to Onomarchus , promising to give him all Thessaly as a dependency of Phocis . With such a prize in view , Onomarchus put forth all his force , and entered Thessaly with an army of 20,000 ...
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... field , but he urges the policy of setting on foot , before the danger became more pressing , a moderate force which might keep him in con- stant alarm by descents on his coasts , and by carrying help to every point at which ...
... field , but he urges the policy of setting on foot , before the danger became more pressing , a moderate force which might keep him in con- stant alarm by descents on his coasts , and by carrying help to every point at which ...
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... field at Athens , in administrative details , and in the politics of the ecclesia ; and his almost constant presence in the city placed . a constant check upon the policy of Demosthenes . Phocion's training in the school of Plato and ...
... field at Athens , in administrative details , and in the politics of the ecclesia ; and his almost constant presence in the city placed . a constant check upon the policy of Demosthenes . Phocion's training in the school of Plato and ...
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... field , Philip fell back , as usual , on the arts of policy . His overtures for peace converted the Byzantines and other maritime states from enemies into neutrals , and left the Athenians to carry on the naval war almost alone ; while ...
... field , Philip fell back , as usual , on the arts of policy . His overtures for peace converted the Byzantines and other maritime states from enemies into neutrals , and left the Athenians to carry on the naval war almost alone ; while ...
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Seite 30 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Seite 224 - Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never know. Then clasp me round the neck once more, and give me one more kiss; And now mine own dear little girl, there is no way but this." With that he lifted high the steel, and smote her in the side, And in her blood she sank to earth, and with one sob she died.
Seite 128 - As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever...
Seite 343 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With Heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Seite 276 - And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters...
Seite 30 - And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Seite 36 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Seite 140 - The Niobe of nations, — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Seite 202 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Seite 80 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.