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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... Secured , meanwhile , against the dangers that had menaced him from within and without , Philip finally set his nephew's claims aside , but brought him up at his own court , and afterwards married him to his daughter . The line of ...
... Secured , meanwhile , against the dangers that had menaced him from within and without , Philip finally set his nephew's claims aside , but brought him up at his own court , and afterwards married him to his daughter . The line of ...
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... secured the independence of her principal allies , and reduced her revenue from their tribute to only forty - five talents ( B.C. 355 ) . The Social War left her weak , impoverished , and deprived both of military power and prestige ...
... secured the independence of her principal allies , and reduced her revenue from their tribute to only forty - five talents ( B.C. 355 ) . The Social War left her weak , impoverished , and deprived both of military power and prestige ...
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... secured the submission of the other states , and caused extreme alarm to the Athenians , who had been culpably remiss in neglecting to send aid to Thebes . A letter soon arrived from Alexander , demanding the surrender of eight orators ...
... secured the submission of the other states , and caused extreme alarm to the Athenians , who had been culpably remiss in neglecting to send aid to Thebes . A letter soon arrived from Alexander , demanding the surrender of eight orators ...
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... secured it by the extirpation of the other members of the royal family , and his court realized the oriental ideal of mingled cruelty and voluptuousness . But his power was preserved from contempt by the energy of Bagoas , his chief ...
... secured it by the extirpation of the other members of the royal family , and his court realized the oriental ideal of mingled cruelty and voluptuousness . But his power was preserved from contempt by the energy of Bagoas , his chief ...
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... secured the submission of all Persis . The return of spring , while Alexander was still at Persepolis , com- pleted four full years since his departure from Macedonia ( March , B.C. 334 , to March , B.C. 330 ) . During that period , he ...
... secured the submission of all Persis . The return of spring , while Alexander was still at Persepolis , com- pleted four full years since his departure from Macedonia ( March , B.C. 334 , to March , B.C. 330 ) . During that period , he ...
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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.