Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive Condition, and Race Development of the Greater Divisions of Mankind, and Also of the Principal Events in the Evolution and Progress of Nations from the Beginnings of the Civilized Life to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 10Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1897 |
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Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive ..., Volume 10 John Clark Ridpath Visualização completa - 1901 |
Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive ..., Volume 10 John Clark Ridpath Visualização completa - 1899 |
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affairs afterwards Alcibiades Alexander allies ancient Antigonus Antiochus Apollo Armenia army Artabanus Asia Minor Athenians Athens Attica Bactria barbarians battle became began Boeotia brought campaign capital cavalry Central Greece civil coast command conqueror conquest Corinth court Crassus crown Darius death Demetrius dominion Dorians East Egypt Empire enemy Epaminondas established expedition favor fleet force gathered gave Grecian Greek gulf Hellas Hellenic honor hundred influence invasion Ionian island kingdom Lacedæmonians latter leader league Macedon Macedonian Mardonius ment Messenia Mithridates monarch mountains nations nature nians obliged oracle Parmenio Parthian Empire Parthian king peace Peloponnesus Perdiccas Pericles Persian Philip Phocians Phocis Phraates political prince provinces Ptolemy race reign revolt river Roman Rome satrap Seleucus sent siege slain soldiers soon sought Spartans squadron succeeded success Syria temple Thebans Thebes Thessaly thian thousand Thrace throne tion took town tribes victory Volagases West Xerxes Zeus
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Página 546 - Go, tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, That here obedient to their laws we lie.
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Página 492 - Moreover, when the eagle in his pride, With crooked talons and a leathern hide, Shall seize the black and blood-devouring snake ; Then shall the woeful tanpits quail and quake ; And mighty Jove shall give command and place, To mortals of the sausage-selling race • Unless they choose, continuing as before, To sell their sausages for evermore.
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Página 516 - If any one shall plunder the property of the god, or shall be cognizant thereof, or shall take treacherous counsel against the things in the temple, we will punish him with foot, and hand, and voice, and by every means in our power.